Monthly duties will include:

• Analysis of monthly revenues on both a day 1 and deferred basis, and understanding and reporting the key drivers
• Posting of complex revenue transactions and ensuring appropriate documentation is maintained
• Ownership of multiple costs of sales lines ensuring these are appropriately accounted for in relation to the revenue recognition
• Involvement in month end close, including posting into netsuite of revenue accruals and deferrals and completion of balance sheet reconciliations
• Oversight and management of revenue deferral tools and systems to ensure that dual accounting records are maintained for both standalone and group revenue reporting
• Manage a small team of Qualified and Part Qualified accountants

Ongoing responsibilities will include:

• Help develop financial position papers for important revenue transactions and new products, for discussion and agreement with the management team and external audit
• Check that new transactions are in line with position papers and have been accounted for correctly
• Liaising with the business to understand the commercial aspects of new revenue deals and ensuring this is fed through correctly into the accounting systems
• Liaising with external auditors for all elements of revenue audits
• Involvement in projects to aid with process improvement, automation and efficiencies
• Implementing and updating internal process, policy and control documents

Skills and Abilities:

• Technically strong qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA)
• Detailed accounting standards knowledge (in particular IFRS 9, 10 & 15) and ability to understand and interpret standards in different practical situations
• Previous complex revenue experience desirable
• Strong systems experience, with experience of manipulating large datasets and performing data analytics
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage and develop a small team of Accountants
• Hands on approach with ability to get into the detail and understand complex transactions from a commercial perspective
• Financial Services experience desirable (but not essential)
• Willingness to work in an ever-changing environment
• Inquisitive with desire to learn in a complex environment
• Experience of NetSuite (would be desirable but not essential)
• Acts with honesty and integrity
• Curious and resourceful - seeks out difficult questions and finds solutions
• Resilient, able to learn from mistakes and move forward
• Flexible, adaptable and able to deal with ambiguity
• Collaborative, thrives when working towards shared goals