Senior Accountant - Europe

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. 

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

The Europe Senior Accountant will be involved and responsible for several finance processes across the region including consolidation of monthly management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with several year experience in management accounting. They will be a strong team player with a understanding of accounting principles and processes and strong MS Excel knowledge. – French language knowledge is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Monthly reporting and forecasting of assigned company in line with region/group deadlines and year end reporting.
• Preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts with supporting financial analysis and commentary
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts of assigned entity
• Supporting integration of new entities, preparing templates, process notes, training materials, assisting with required system set up in place e.g. new entity or cost centre, gathering information on user access rights required, updating consolidated template to include the new information.
• Gathering and consolidating financial information on sector level and details on property leases from whole Europe, including new acquisitions.
• Supporting the yearly consolidated Europe budget process and monthly consolidated Europe forecasting process
• Preparation of the weekly/monthly cashflow forecast to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances.
• Working on ad-hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross border projects etc.
• Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team as necessary.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Key Stakeholders

• RFD, RMD, RFC, Country MDs and Cost centre leads
• Europe Finance
• Group Finance

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA); 2+ yrs experience as qualified accountant
• Strong Excel and MS office applications experience
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels
• Accuracy and high-level attention to detail
• Understanding of accounting principles and processes

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.​

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.​

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.​

If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.  ​

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/​

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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.