Group Senior Technical Accountant

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Full time
Location: Bristol
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Job offered by: Coyne & Associates
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Category:
Background

Coyne & Associates is delighted to be working alongside IVC Evidensia (IVCE) to strengthen its Group Technical Reporting team. The role requires someone with exposure to group consolidations and being able to easily explain complex technical accounting to senior managers in the organisation. It is an ideal role for managers or senior managers in practice to make their first move into industry or experienced technical accountants already in industry looking for new opportunities in a high growth company.

IVCE ( http://www.ivcevidensia.com ) is

building the world's best veterinary group and has

a network of clinics, hospitals and out-of-hour centres based across 20 countries employing c 40,000 staff. The Group has operations in the UK and Ireland, Mainland Europe and North America.

Founded in 2011, IVCE was acquired by EQT Private Equity in December 2016, and in May 2017 the Company merged with Evidensia, a Swedish veterinary group acquired by EQT Private Equity in 2014. Since then, IVCE has grown exponentially in Europe to be the leading European veterinary services provider. It also acquired VetStrategy in November 2021 making it a major player in Canada.

IVCE plans to continue its acquisition strategy as well as continuing to grow organically, which will continue to create opportunities and exciting challenges. This will be underpinned by the move to a new ERP, Oracle Fusion/FCCS, with initial go live in November 2024 and further phases completing in 2025.

Location

IVCE’s Finance team is headquartered at the recently refurbished Chocolate Factory in Keynsham, housed in a distinctive former industrial building with secure on-site car parking and cycle parking facilities. Located close to Keynsham train station, the Chocolate Quarter offers several amenities, including a beautiful riverside park, leisure centre facilities, and an excellent shopping offering (including Waitrose and a number of high quality independent shops).

Hybrid Working (2-3 days in the Keynsham, Bristol office per week).

Role

This position plays an important role in the Group Financial Reporting team and provides important technical accounting support into Group Finance and the wider business. The role is pivotal in preparing the Group consolidated Annual Report and Financial Statements for audit and filing purposes. It also assists with the creation of the monthly Board Report with a particular focus on the balance sheet and below EBITDA reporting.

Key features of the role are as follows:

Technical Support

Undertake in depth technical research, writing guidance papers and accounting policies on new IFRS requirements and other reporting developments.

Responsible for drafting new group accounting policies and reviewing and amending existing ones.

Manage a wide range of technical accounting and reporting queries from countries around the Group.

Responsible for reviewing the accounting for financial instruments across the Group.

Assist with accounting training requirements around the Group.

Monthly Management Accounts

Responsible for preparing certain reports such as balance sheet commentary and certain P&L analysis.

Responsible for monitoring and reporting below EBITDA non-recurring costs, including liaison and monthly review with country reporting teams.

Annual Report and Financial Statements

Responsible for the creation of the primary statements and certain notes that feed into the annual report and accounts.

Responsible for the creation of the primary statements at the half year including a number of half year disclosures.

Responsible for the annual goodwill impairment exercise and calculation of the Group’s WACC.

Assist with subsidiary reporting requirements.

ERP Implementation Support

Assist with any reporting requirements arising during the Oracle implementation.

About You

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA preferred, or ACCA) with IFRS financial reporting experience gained either in large industry or a Big 6 audit firm. With likely 3+ years PQE, you will have a track record of process improvement and change implementation. Armed with strong technical accounting knowledge, you will have a proven track record of building and developing high performing teams. We'll also expect this role to build a strong network and relationships within the business, so strong communication and influencing skills are a must.

What’s on offer:

In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

Competitive Basic Salary

Bonus up to 7.5%

Company pension 5%

Individual Private Healthcare

26 days holiday, increasing with service

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted staff pet care

Shopping discounts and cashback via the Pawsome benefits platform

Supportive well-being programmes

Family-Friendly policies

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