Accounting Manager overseeing financial operations and accounting for Nord Anglia Education. Leading a team to ensure accuracy and compliance in financial reporting and controls.
Responsibilities
Ensure timely and accurate month-end and year-end closing processes.
Maintain general ledger integrity and ensure accurate classification of accounts.
Reconcile complex accounts and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
Collaborate with auditors to support external audit processes.
Assist in the preparation of financial statements and notes to the accounts.
Review journal entries and ensure proper documentation and approval.
Work closely with other departments to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data.
Support budgeting and forecasting activities.
Manages and provides leadership and mentorship to a team of accounting professionals
Lead and mentor a team of accounting professionals, providing guidance and support to ensure high performance.
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the financial services department.
Identify training and development needs and provide opportunities for professional growth.
Responsibility for preparation and filing of all centrally managed statutory accounts.
Responsibility of managing team reviewing monthly and quarterly journal entries for all 11 US schools.
Responsibility for review and integrity of business unit (school) statutory accounts.
Responsibility for the accounting of any holding or dormant companies
Leading on Opening Balance sheet work with new acquisitions.
Analysis of month end balance sheet identifying reasons for movements and variances to budget/forecast.
Responsibilities for managing the team recording accounts receivable journal entries for 11 schools.
Responsibilities for the team managing the accounts payable process, making payments to suppliers and journal entries for 11 schools.
Streamlining the accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, to create more efficiencies.
Reporting on Service Level Agreements to schools.
Responsibility for preparation of the Company Annual and Interim Reports US GAAP and IFRS including full interaction with external audit teams.
Drives Compliance with NAE Accounting Policy | DOA
GAAP & IFRS Compliance
Ensuring compliance of accounting policies and procedures within business units.
Liaison with Schools on Controls Framework and serves as the primary Group Accounting Contact.
Leading compliance of new schools accounting with group accounting policies.
Work with Group FC to align and enhance and standardise financial reports
Ensure all reporting deliverables are sent on time and in the correct format for both month end, actual and quarterly reporting.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation preferred.
Minimum of 8 years of experience in financial management, with progressively increasing responsibilities.
Strong knowledge of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial analysis techniques.
IFRS and US GAAP
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Highly analytical
Advance Excel skills
Experience in the for-profit education sector is a plus.
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