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Job Title: Control and Accounting Manager

Location: London, Grays Inn Road
Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

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About the Project/Role

As a Control and Accounting Manager, you will support the finance team in various accounting and financial tasks. This role is crucial for maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, organized, and capable of working under pressure to meet deadlines.

Job Role Requirements

Financial Reporting:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Support the preparation of year-end and interim financial statements.
• Ensure accurate and timely internal and external financial reporting.
• Take ownership of Irish Branch and other HQ entities from acquisition by HIG.

Balance Sheet and Reconciliations:

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and make necessary adjustments.
• Manage Fixed Asset Register (FAR) including intangibles.
• Review and reconcile costs capitalized and capex templates.

Accounting and Controls:

• Review accounting and controls of stock.
• Account for leases and property costs.
• Document control environment and ensure compliance with accounting policies and standards.

Audit and Compliance:

• Provide information to auditors and assist in the preparation of statutory accounts.
• Support the audit process by preparing necessary documentation and schedules.

Tax and VAT:

• Conduct analysis for Corporation Tax.
• Review UK VAT submissions and ensure compliance with tax regulations.

Profile/Skills

• Part or Qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
• Strong technical accounting skills.
• Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and spoken.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients.  Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear, and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration.  We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

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