Team Leader - Financial Statement Preparation Outsourcing

Summary of Role:

As the Financial Statement Preparation Team Leader, you are required to supervise and coordinate the activities of a team responsible for compiling and analyzing financial data to produce accurate and timely reports.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of complex financial statements.
• Review of simple financial statements.
• Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with relevant international accounting standards (E.g., IFRS, UK GAAP or any other international GAAPs).
• Perform self-reviews to ensure that the quality of the financial statements is up to standard.
• Active adherence to budget and timetable, bringing matters to the attention of the manager.
• Ensure all deadlines are met.
• Identify and understand clients’ needs, including sometimes providing initial. solutions to client challenges, then communicating these needs and solutions to the Manager.
• Manage a team of analysts/ senior analysts.
• Adhere to all Risk & Compliance procedures in line with company and the client's expectations.
• Adhere to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Data Protection Act.
• Ensure project reports and SLA& KPI (Key Performance Indicators) are updated.
• Escalate issues to reporting line as and when required.
• Carry out ad hoc assignments as may be reasonably required.
• Willingness to work on other accounting projects as and when required.

Qualification and Experience:

• Minimum requirement HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) or; 
• Partly/ fully ACCA qualified
• 3 to 4 years relevant work experience in auditing
• Experience in Big 4/fast-paced environment would be an advantage
• Knowledge of CaseWare or Accounting software will be an advantage.

Skills:

• Good team management and leadership skills.
• Strong commitment to professional client service excellence.
• knowledge and understanding of IFRS, accounting principles and financial reports;
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel and Word).
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and communication skills, both verbal and written (English).
• Willingness to work odd hours if required.