Financial Accountant (PQ or QBE)

IWG • London • Audit & Compliance
Full-time Mid

Description

Financial Accountant

Job Purpose

We are looking for Financial Accountant focused on Statutory Compliance to manage - as part of the team - our local obligations for the UK & Ireland plus any additional local requirements.

This is great opportunity to be part of managing one of our biggest countries’ filings with significant importance to our organisation and play a key role in a large Finance team. You are a team player, with a hands-on approach.

This is a hybrid working position; the working pattern is built around the local internal, but also statutory and tax timetable. You will support all legal entities of the countries and assist with local audits. We need someone who is used to adopting a hands-on approach with good technology skills.

The position is for a full-time employee role.

Key Responsibilities
• Work as part of a global set up which includes shared service centres and group functions focusing on the country specific requirements
• Build proactive working relationships with the business partners within the organisation
• Local tax and statutory filings
• Responsibility to support the preparation. management and execution of tasks
• Review and control data received from business partners
• Meet deadlines and requirements in a proactive fashion
• Support requirements arising from inspections/audits and ad hoc requests
• Local audits
• Responsibility to prepare, and manage and ensure completeness
• Review and control data received from business partners
• Meet deadlines and requirements
• Assist with company secretarial activities, specific to the country
• Undertake a range of other commercial activities (i.e. banking, external partner and supplier tasks required onsite).

Skills, Experience & Qualifications
• Accounting Qualification or in progress obtaining
• 3 years+ experience, including recent experience in a similar level role
• Technically strong, with a working knowledge of local GAAP
• Experience of in the process producing Statutory Accounts and Annual
• Flexible approach, adaptable to change
• Excellent communication skills – previous experience of working remotely an advantage
• Self-motivated

About the company

IWG has been at the forefront of flexible working for more than 30 years. With over 3,500 locations around the globe, spanning brands including Regus, Spaces, Signature and HQ, we have made it possible for businesses of all sizes to make the transition to hybrid working, empowering employees to work wherever and whenever is most convenient.

We help more than 8 million people and their businesses to work more productively, supported by a choice of professional, inspiring and collaborative workspaces, communities and services.

As the world’s leading provider of hybrid work solutions, with four times the number of locations compared to its nearest competitor, IWG is already working with over 80% of the Fortune 500 and counts businesses including Amazon, Netflix, EY and Uber amongst its customers.

Companies of all sizes are shifting to flexible working to lower costs, improve employee retention and lower their carbon emissions. The flexible workspace is expected to grow by 600% by 2023, when 30% of all office space will be hybrid. We are growing our network faster than ever to keep up with demand from customers as we work towards our goal of reaching 30,000 centres.

Carbon Neutral Workplaces
IWG’s purpose of helping everyone have a great day at work, while protecting people and the planet is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to supply all of our customers worldwide with carbon neutral workplaces, and we have a strong climate action plan in place to help us achieve our objective of Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Leading Employer Award
IWG is proud to be the recipient of a Leading Employer Award in both 2022 and 2023. Awarded exclusively to the top 1% of employers, the accolade is testament to our diverse global workforce and the role everyone plays in bringing our purpose, culture and values to life, every single day.

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