Group Financial Accountant

Please note: Hybrid Working role 2 days a week in Central London Office (Liverpool St.)

About Us:

At Kerv, we leverage the power of technology to help our customers stay ahead. We do this through our brilliant people who focus relentlessly on the customer and their needs, delivering world-class cloud solutions and digital transformation. Launched in July 2020, Kerv is a next-generation ‘customer-first, cloud-first’ provider, created to help customers achieve successful business outcomes in a new digital era.

We are undergoing an exciting period of transformation and growth following the merger of highly successful organisations with further acquisitions in the pipeline.

The finance team is central to partnering with business leaders to provide accurate, timely and quality information to support their growth plans.

About the Role:

You will be:

• Reporting to Head of Financial Reporting and Controls and being a key team member of financial accounting team, and key contributor in the improvement and streamlining of financial business processes across entities within the group
• Be responsible for financial accounting for certain entities within the group
• Performing reviewing of some acquired entities’ financial reports and support in consolidation and monthly group reporting processes
• Working closely with the wider financial accounting and commercial finance to drive business process improvements and deliver group level analysis, projects and results
• Prepare financial statements for certain entities, and assist in preparation of Group consolidated financial reports
• Assist with the interim, year end audit and coordinating with the auditors/external advisors including tax advisors where necessary.
• Responsible for Technical accounting matters including revenue recognition, acquisition accounting, leases etc.), with support from Head of Reporting.

Your Part to Play:

• Assist in the consolidation of the group and the preparation of group/single entity financial statements
• Technical accounting matters including revenue recognition, acquisition accounting
• Lead the accounting and financial reporting for certain entities within the group, including monthly balance sheet reconciliations and profit reviews and maintaining fixed asset register
• Preparation of monthly management accounts in accordance with revenue recognition policies and applicable accounting standards.
• Assist in the consolidation of the group and the preparation of group/single entity financial statements
• Technical accounting matters including revenue recognition, acquisition accounting
• Lead the accounting and financial reporting for certain entities within the group, including monthly balance sheet reconciliations and profit reviews and maintaining fixed asset register
• Preparation of monthly management accounts in accordance with revenue recognition policies and applicable accounting standards.

• Preparation of monthly divisional financial reports with variance analysis and commentary. This includes Customer/project level reporting covering revenue and margin by product
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and controls, and with external regulatory requirements
• Involved with the annual forecasts and budget preparation where necessary
• Assist in preparation of weekly reports e.g., cash forecasts where necessary

Others

• Jointly manage relationships with the group’s external auditors
• Process improvements and ongoing development of processes, systems and procedures
• Interface with billing to ensure outputs are accurate and can be accounted for appropriately
• Management of team members from external acquired practices
• Assist with VAT, local obligations and external advisers in relation to income tax and other tax where necessary
• Continuous development of relationships with members of commercial finance team and project team.

All About You:

• ACA or equivalent qualified accountant from Top 10 practice with at least 2-year post-qualified experience, ideally within the industry
• Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS, particularly around revenue recognition and leases
• Ideally having experience of working in an IT/ Telco industry with exposure to best practice
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, comfortable in working with both finance and non-finance team members
• Experience of working both independently and as part of a wider team, ability to effectively lead, manage and develop team
• A high-quality result driven individual, with strong problem-solving abilities
• Ability to deliver practical solutions and drive genuine business improvements
• Having experience of accounting system implementation and improvement would be beneficial
• Solid MS Office Excel knowledge

You will live the Kerv values …

Do the Right Thing

Build Future

Think Customer First

Team is everything

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At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together.