Group Accountant - Interim

You will be working as part of the Group Corporate Control team responsible for all aspects of external reporting to shareholders and other stakeholders including, quarterly trading statements, interim and preliminary announcements and annual report. In addition, you will be responsible for helping drive the group month end close working with individual markets, dealing with queries and ensuring the timetable is met.

Responsibilities:

Part of a team of four responsible for the Group's monthly consolidation under IFRS as well as the external reporting of those results to the London Stock Exchange. You will be responsible for:

* Aspects of the Group's consolidation process, ensuring these are done efficiently with process improvements made where appropriate.
* Preparing analyses used by the investor relations team to communicate trends in business performance.
* Validating claims within our external announcements and ensuring that appropriate documentation is retained.
* Working with external auditors (KMPG) to assist with external audit process.
Work as part of the 'month-end close' team (a cross functional team across Corporate) to:
* Deal with market queries and questions
* Chase countries and ensure that month end deadlines are met
* Contribute to 'lessons learned' sessions debriefing across month end