Financial Accountant Woking, England
Job description
P&O Ferries are proudly part of the DP World family; with over 150 different businesses across over 40 countries and are a world leading enabler of global trade.
A house hold name for over 180 years, P&O Ferries have a rich heritage in ferry services. Our ships sail across the English Channel, North Sea & Irish Sea and we employ almost 2000 people.
With our continued growth, including 2 new state of the art hybrid ships joining our fleet in 2023 and the support of the DP World family there has never been a better time to join us!
We are currently looking for a Financial Accountant to help deliver a number of statutory and internal reports. You will be a part of a busy finance team dealing with a number of statutory accounts across all of our different businesses. There are about number of different accounts and you will make sure that you cover all compliance with legislation, rules and policies across UK, French and Dutch GAAP laws. We hare going through an exciting transition where we are becoming an integral part of DP World and so there will be some reporting to the corporate headquarters.
Part of your role will also involve submitting the consolidated accounts as well as providing technical advice in regards to changes in accounting rules. You will be working with our external auditors and the DP World finance teams to provide assistance on technical and interpretation issues.
Other work will involve submitting annual budgets, plans and forecasts to Dubai and preparing corporation tax returns for the P&O Ferries Group. This is a fantastic role for an individual who looking for variety in an FA role that has international exposure and is working with a variety of businesses.
This is a really exciting time for the business as we go through our transformation and the finance team are supporting the work around implementing a new system that will allow them to truly feel a part of our parent company.
Location: Woking
The person
So what skills are we looking for?
- A qualified ACA or ACCA accountant or QBE who ideally has experience of working multiple accounts and reporting to an international structure
- Strong understanding of UK and ideally Dutch GAAP alongside current IFRS regulation understanding
- Excellent communicator across both verbal and written
- Experience in the preparation of entity and consolidated accounts
- Experience of managing UK tax returns
At P&O Ferries we want you to be you. Not only will that make us stronger but will allow us to bring authenticity to everything we do. We know our customers come from all walks of life and so do our employees. We are all about connecting the world and that starts with finding connections with who you work with.
When we recruit we want to you to bring your whole self to work and we are working towards increasing diversity across all of our employees. We know we cannot be the best unless we recruit the best regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or neurodiversity.
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