Group Finance Compliance & Governance Accountant

Location/s: Croydon, UK
Recruiter contact: Nikki George

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

Job profile
The Group Finance Compliance and Governance Accountant is an important new role that will be responsible for informing and advising in the development of the Group’s financial compliance function.

The position is based in Croydon.

Overview of the role
We are looking for an experienced financial accountant with an interest in corporate governance and controls to join our Financial Compliance and Governance team based in Croydon.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to join the business and help build up the programme and contribute to the development of the Group’s Financial Compliance and Governance function.

As Group Finance Compliance and Governance Accountant you will report to the Group Finance Compliance and Governance Manager. Your key duties will include:

• Assisting in developing and improving the governance and internal controls environment around financial processes across the Group
• Reviewing, maintaining, and developing Group Directives/policies and Finance and Accounting manuals
• Summarising and communicating the requirements of future changes to UK Accounting Standards and the UK Corporate Governance framework to the key stakeholders both within the team and the wider business
• Assisting in developing and delivering a programme to implement changes to meet the requirements identified as a result of the above, liaising with other Group functions where required
• Looking at systems and software to help improve the control environment e.g. exception reporting, GRC tools, anomaly detection etc
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to other members of the team and assisting in developing training material where required
• Assisting in coordinating the completion and review of the group’s internal controls matrices
• Assisting in reviewing financial statements of subsidiary entities before finalisation, including reconciliation of subsidiary statutory accounts to the consolidation packs submitted for group consolidation purposes
• Helping the Group strategy team with financial aspects of acquisitions and divestments, including support with due diligence
• Assisting in review of internal audit reports, validating findings and helping to ensure corrective actions are appropriately closed out

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to produce clear and concise technical information and reports
• Able to establish good working relationships with colleagues in other functions and work collaboratively
• Able to work on own initiative
• Strong leadership and influencing skills in relation to stakeholder management

Desirable:

• Internal/external audit experience
• Good knowledge of internal controls and risks within main process areas
• Project management experience
• Experience of implementing Internal Financial Controls (e.g. SOX) in a large company, or working in a consultancy providing a similar service
• Experience of providing support for corporate transaction (acquisitions and divestments)

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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