UK Statutory Accounting SME (W/M/X)

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We're a global engineering firm offering technical consulting, design, and project management services. Our Krakow-based Global Business Services supports various functions including Finance, HR, IT, and more. GBS centralizes processes and promotes excellence, driving transformation across Jacobs.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Financial Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the filing of UK Statutory Financial Statements for a number of group companies and will liaise with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and file UK Statutory Financial Statements for multiple group companies.
• Extract and compile financial information from various sources to prepare comprehensive year-end UK-based financial statements.
• Ensure all financial statements are accurate and comply with relevant accounting standards (US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS).
• Organize and manage the year-end audit process, ensuring timely and accurate completion of all requests.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather necessary information.
• Prepare annual statutory journals.
• Ongoing statutory reviews and booking of adjustments and reclassifications needed to comply with local accounting and tax laws,
• Completion of country specific statutory and statistical reporting,
• Work directly with various stakeholders including the Jacobs Tax and GL Teams and Jacobs’ Auditors in dealing with audit queries,
• As part of the wider finance team, the job may also involve other tasks including account reconciliations and working with GL team on an ad hoc basis.
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Here's what you'll need

Qualifications:

• Experience in statutory accounting for European entities would be an asset,
• Strong knowledge and understanding of US GAAP, UK GAAP, and IFRS.
• Experience with ERP accounting systems (Oracle preferred) and MS Excel
• Very good teamwork skills and positive, proactive attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with US Global Organization
• Consolidated Accounts experience
• ACA/CIMA/ACCA would be an asset

We offer:

• Unique company culture fostering individual career growth and work-life balance
• Full-time employment contract with salary corresponding to qualifications
• Hybrid or stationary working model - depending on your preferences
• Flexible working hours (start between 7:30-10:00)
• "Short Fridays" (we work 6h on Friday)
• Flexible benefits package (Lux Med medical care, psychological care, life insurance, My Benefit cafeteria system, including Multisport card co-financing, car park sharing system)
• Holiday allowance ("wczasy pod gruszą")
• Membership in Jacobs employee networks (Women's Network, OneWorld, PRISM, Careers Network, Green Team, SpeakUp Jacobs Poland, Collectively and others)
• Continuous development opportunities, including a range of professional trainings and certifications (e.g. ACCA, CIPS), Graduate Development Program, Learners’ Community, self-learning platform

We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disabilities, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy. 

W/M/X in our job advertisement means that we welcome all applicants, no matter what gender you feel you belong to - male, female, diverse. 

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team recruitmentpoland@jacobs.com