Job title: Financial Accountant, Statutory Reporting EMEA
Department: Finance
Location: Delta Park, Fareham
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri (mix of office and home working)
A brighter future awaits you
CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of CooperVision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures – for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.
Job summary – What to expect:
You’ll be responsible for the preparation and/or review of the annual statutory financial statements in addition to supporting dividend cycle for the UK and various legal entities within the EMEA region in line with the relevant governing accounting principles. You’ll ensure compliance is also in line with internal policies and procedures at all times, as well as supporting in the annual internal and external audit cycles as required for the above entities.
Additional Functions & Accountabilities:
1. To be responsible for ensuring the local GAAP adjustments are booked into the secondary ledger for entities already transitioned to Oracle, (plus any future entities transitioned) ensuring this reconciles back to the submitted financial statements after each annual cycle and ahead of the close of the next financial period.
2. To assist the Statutory Reporting manager in tracking the regions statutory reporting requirements and progress by keeping the compliance tracking portal up to date
3. To work with local controllers and advisors on any potential further roll out of the statutory reporting software to bring additional legal entities financial statements into the software
4. Working alongside Treasury and Legal, to support in the review of cash and reserves availability quarterly and calculate proposed dividends for the EMEA region, including preparing relevant supporting schedules to enable board approval of such dividends.
5. Assistance as required with the implementation of new financial systems such as Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics across the two divisions of the business.
6. To work with the Corporation Tax manager/Tax accountant to ensure tax provisions and tax related disclosures are appropriately included within the statutory financial statements
A full job description is available upon request.
About you:
You’ll be a fully qualified ACCA or ACA finance professional or have considerable relevant statutory accounts experience ideally within a large multinational company.
Experience in the preparation of statutory accounts, working knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS102) and ideally US GAAP is hugely beneficial in this role. You’ll be highly detailed orientated, have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels inside and outside of finance related roles and be able to successfully prioritise workload and deadlines.
What we offer:
You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including, 25 days holiday pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!
We are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.
We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop in you career and grow with CooperVision
What you can expect:
As a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride, African Descent, Woman’s Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups, we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.