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  • Posted: May 8, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Advancing the Olympic Spirit Sport unites people, communities and nations. It enriches people’s lives and creates economic development opportunities. In today’s world, where brand and trust mean so much, the Olympic Games reflect those equities found at Visa - worldwide acceptance, reliability, versatility and leadership. Sponsoring the Olympic G...
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    Head of Technical Accounting

    Job description

    Visa Europe has a new opportunity within our Finance Division for a Head of Technical Accounting. This role will involve the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual statutory reporting to parent company, p reparation of the annual Financial Statements and related Notes, managing the group audit work and local statutory audit, liaison with external auditors and ad-hoc Financial Reporting assignments.

    Key Accountabilities

    • Financial Change:
      • Impact assessment of processing and scheme split on financial reporting and development of relevant regulatory reporting
      • Participation in development of reporting format under US GAAP, including appropriate journal entries to facilitate, also reporting consolidated figures under IFRS
      • Preparation of financial accounting papers
      • Providing accounting opinions on new products/transactions undertaken or planned, to meet US parent company governance
      • Supporting business process analysis and implementing required change
      • Alignment of accounting policies to US parent company s
      • Manage accounting impacts of moving to parent company s accounting systems
    • Liaising with external auditors / advisors
      • Planning group and local statutory audits
      • Providing significant support to auditors and external advisors
      • Co-ordinating queries across the Finance department
    • Statutory accounts preparation
    • Preparation of required disclosures for group accounts
    • Preparation of the local statutory accounts (both primary statements and notes to the accounts)
    • Preparation of subsidiary accounts
    • Month end responsibilities
      • Manage month end close process
      • IFRS/US GAAP adjustments
      • Balance sheet and free cash flow preparation and analysis
      • Manage balance sheet reconciliation process

    Essential Criteria

    • Highly experienced accountant, who can provide evidence that they can hit the ground running
    • Significant PQE experience
    • ACA or ACCA qualification
    • A strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
    • Demonstrable significant experience in external financial statutory reporting, preferably under US GAAP
    • Evidence of implementing accounting change
    • Stakeholder management
    • Ability to work cross functionally across the business and adapt to changing circumstances
    • Must have group accounting/consolidation experience
    • Excellent Excel skills
    • Proactive, curious nature
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Demonstrable time management skills, with a focus on regular delivery
    • A good team player, with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

    Desirable Criteria

    Oracle experience preferred, but not essential

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Visa on visacareers.resourcesolutions.com to apply

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