Group Financial Accountant

My client, a leading global engineering business, are looking for a technically strong, commercially savvy Group Financial Accountant to join their head office finance team in Warrington. This senior role offers broad exposure to complex technical accounting, external auditors, and senior finance stakeholders, providing genuine scope to help build a reporting model that scales with the business. The business is growing all the time, with new challenges every day, so if you are an ambitious qualified accountant, looking for freedom to grow and develop in your role outside the rigours of practice, this is the perfect opportunity. What you''ll do: Take ownership of the balance sheet for an allocated portfolio of UK legal entities, including pensions, provisions, impairment, investments, joint ventures, intercompany and financing, ensuring clear monthly review and sign-off before Group submission. Deliver high-quality statutory accounts and audit support for those entities by identifying and resolving technical issues early in the process. Lead defined workstreams within consolidations for UK, managing intercompany positions, consolidation journals and analytical reviews with precision. Act as deputy to the Group Reporting Manager across statutory reporting, Group reporting, audit and technical accounting workstreams, providing specialist oversight. Drive external reporting for the integration of newly acquired or changing businesses by establishing reporting ownership, ..... full job details .....