Record to Report (RTR) Team Leader

A day in the life of a Murphy Record to Report Team Leader

• Managing the performance of accounting activities relating to the maintenance of complete and accurate general ledger and management accounts across all areas of the JMS Group
• Ensuring information is processed within the RTR area in line with Group Timetable and SSC SLAs to ensure a timely month end reporting cycle and the production of complete and accurate management accounts
• Dealing with items of a more complex and sensitive nature and providing sign-off or approval where required for journals and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Delivering timely and accurate information to Group Finance, Head of Tax for external and internal reporting
• Recruiting, managing and developing the RTR team, as well as reviewing their work to ensure that
• Act as business facing responsible partner to all Finance and Commercial colleagues demonstrating, articulating, and reporting all business unit / legal entity headlines within Profit/ Loss and or Balance Sheet arena
• Ensure complete transparency of all Profit / Loss and balance sheet open items on a monthly basis, providing executive reporting to Key Stakeholders
• Delivery of accounting activities in a controlled, documented timely manner, supporting all aspects of query management and resolution
• Delivery of Balance Sheet assurance through completed accurate reconciliations in a documented timely manner, supporting all aspects of query management and resolution
• Ensures that accounting ledgers, management accounts, journals and associated supporting documents, schedules, and reports, and analyses are accurately prepared and maintained
• Performs complex reconciliations for the balance sheet and profit and loss account as per the Group’s agreed reconciliation processes and reviews the balance sheets reconciliations produced by the team
• Manages the timely allocation of tasks for the month end process
• Raises Inter-company charges/invoices as required agreeing Intercompany settlements on a monthly basis
• Prepares regular and ad-hoc allocation of costs to business units, functions or group companies ensuring no Stranded costs, all reallocations to be actioned in a timely manner
• Provides routine and special requests for reports or analysis for internal groups, external auditors, end of project/completion audits by customers, affiliated companies and regulatory agencies
• Applies appropriate financial control and governance by adhering to the group accounting manual, policies and control framework, to support successful external audit outcomes.
• Supports the group audit and compliance programme and the ability to lead and deliver RTR Innovation projects
• Provides analysis, data and explanations as requested for the statutory and regulatory financial reporting
• Uses D365 to support the RTR function including all reporting requirements
• Ensures compliance with accounting principles and standards and the SSC’s SLAs and recognises and communicates potential issues/risks on a monthly basis
  
  

Still interested, does this sound like you ?

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or equivalent
• Must have strong academic record and experience of working in Finance in a commercial business, ideally in a large organisation of a similar size and structure
  Required Desirable
• Must have strong RTR experience, preferably in a Shared Services environment Good knowledge of Finance ERP systems
• Proven experience of successfully managing a small team of qualified and part-qualified accountants Construction Industry knowledge or industries with complex contractual arrangements
• Extensive knowledge of General Ledger and processes working knowledge of using Power BI and data warehouses
• Fluency in written and oral English. Exposure to VAT returns, PSA returns and completing corporation tax packs
• Good analytical skills and sound judgment Experience of accounting for joint arrangements/ventures
• Practical working knowledge of Project Accounting along with excellent book- keeping and reconciliation skills.