Group Reporting Accountant
The job holder will be a highly skilled and detail-oriented Group Reporting Accountant working within a dynamic team at Edyn, a leading hospitality company. In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing the ongoing reporting to our investors (shareholders and lenders), ensuring control, accuracy, and compliance with industry standards.
As the sole accountable role for group reporting, the position offers exposure across multiple areas of finance and the wider group. Responsibilities include the preparation of consolidated quarterly reporting to private equity investors, support with portfolio valuations, and the preparation of forecast data used for group-wide budgets. You will be responsible for delivering investor and management schedules that meet both IFRS and US GAAP standards, as well as the high expectations of institutional-grade reporting. The role will also focus on enhancing processes and ways of working to generate further efficiencies and to challenge teams to ensure their legal entities and primary statements remain in good health.
Key Responsibilities
1. Prepare the monthly group consolidation process, including consolidation adjustments, elimination of intercompany transactions and balances, reviewing key financial items to analyse significant variances and anomalies, and providing supporting analysis for major balances and reconciliations.
2. Draft judgement papers on significant transactions, seeking feedback and alignment with wider stakeholders.
3. Lead the end-to-end quarterly reporting cycle, preparing the Group consolidation, disclosures, and reconciliations under IFRS, and provide proof of workings to the Head of Finance – Reporting and the Chief Financial Officer.
4. Consolidate the reforecasted Profit & Loss statement and compare with the annual internal Business Plan, identifying risk areas and providing variance analysis.
5. Own the preparation of quarterly and budget enterprise valuations of the portfolio, delivered to stakeholders to aid strategic decision-making, and develop a principles-based valuation method that can be clearly explained to valuers, auditors, management, and investors.
6. Support the preparation of the annual consolidated budget for shareholders and analyse quarterly performance against budget, particularly below EBITDA items.
7. Maintain monthly updates of the Group operating capex schedule and revise forecasts, including board pack reporting of notable spend and key variance analysis.
8. Take ownership of the Chart of Accounts, ensuring updates and efficiencies are actioned, including reconciliations between management accounts, consolidation, and statutory accounts. Escalate significant transactions or disclosures as needed.
9. Prepare detailed analysis and presentations to support internal and external board meetings and ad hoc business requests (e.g., equity track, debt overview, capex, balance sheet, cashflow, valuation).
10. Support tax calculations impacting transfer pricing positions.
11. Provide group-wide technical accounting support, including preparation of judgement papers.
12. Contribute to the group audit process and respond to group audit queries.
13. Support change programmes and efficiency initiatives, improving processes and leveraging systems for greater effectiveness.
14. Provide cover and support to other Financial Reporting team members where required, including debt reporting, cash flows, internal month-end requirements, due diligence requests, transaction projects, and risk and compliance reporting.
Skills and Knowledge Required
15. Strong technical accounting skills with an awareness of IFRS and how it interacts with local GAAPs; ability to provide information for IFRS to US GAAP bridging and adjustments at group level.
16. Experience with finance systems (ideally Oracle NetSuite).
17. Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with the capability to present issues and solutions clearly, then deliver on implementation.
18. Excellent organisation, prioritisation, and the ability to manage a dynamic workload under pressure and to tight deadlines.
19. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, influence change, and work effectively across the organisation.
20. A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a strong sense of ownership.
Experience and Qualifications
21. Qualified Accountant (ACA, CA, CIMA, ACCA) with first-time passes and strong academic achievement.
22. Minimum of a 2:1 (or equivalent) from a reputable university.
23. Proven experience in a group reporting role, with strong technical skillset.
24. Exposure to groups across multiple jurisdictions (GAAP and currencies) is desirable.
25. Relevant industry knowledge or experience is desirable.