About the job
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Position Overview: Senior Technical Accounting Manager
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
The Senior Technical Accounting Manager is a pivotal role where you will lead technical accounting initiatives to ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulations. Reporting to the Director of Technical Accounting, Finance Governance, and Compliance, you will play a key role in our financial governance.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Aligning, documenting, and maintaining accounting policies.
- Assessing accounting treatments and drafting comprehensive memorandums.
- Adopting new accounting standards, including ESG considerations.
- Coordinating with the "deals desk" to evaluate significant contracts and their accounting implications.
- Providing technical accounting insights for M&A activities, including contract reviews.
- Building cross-functional relationships to gather relevant details for accounting assessments.
- Collaborating with local and group external auditors during memorandum reviews.
- Reviewing and evaluating the assumptions used in estimations.
- Serving as the primary accounting contact for legal matters.
- Assisting FP&A and planning teams in forecasting and budgeting impacts due to accounting treatments.
- Executing SOX controls related to technical accounting activities.
- Addressing ad-hoc technical accounting inquiries.

