Job Description

The Senior Financial Accountant, Group Finance is responsible for all consolidation entries and accounting balances that arise on consolidation in order to produce Link Group’s financial statements with no audit adjustments. The role also requires the accurate translation of foreign subsidiary financial statements and ensuring that certain transactions (e.g. inter-group management fees, dividends, interest-bearing loans/interest, or other one-off transactions) are accounted for correctly in the relevant legal entity.  Key Accountabilities and Main ResponsibilitiesEnsure all consolidation and elimination entries are recorded in the relevant ledger / financial reporting system (including elimination of all inter-group trading and reconciliation/elimination of all intercompany balances);Accurate translation of foreign subsidiary financial statements into their correct functional currency and Link Group reporting currency;Accounting for external interest-bearing liabilities and interest/financing cost obligations in the relevant legal entity’s ledger;Accounting for foreign currency loans to subsidiaries and associated interest obligations;Accounting for transactions impacting upon numerous Link Group entities – e.g. audit fees, management fees, inter-group dividends, distributable profits reserve entries;Ensure appropriate equity accounting entries are processed for all investments in associates;Ensure the correct translation of foreign-subsidiary financial statements into the relevant functional currency and Link Group reporting currency;