Sr Lead Technical Accountant

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What We'll Bring:

We Are TransUnion:
TransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.

What You'll Bring:

We’re looking for a Technical Finance Manager to join our growing team. 

This role is specifically responsible for management of compliance requirements; such as the external audit and annual statutory accounts. There will also be a requirement to support the month-end close process with review of journals/SOX controls. There are additional responsibilities for internal reporting at a UK and Group level and provision of management information for non-trading companies. There will also be the opportunity to work on wider Finance initiatives.

This role requires a chartered accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and will suit a first mover from practice as well as individuals currently working within industry.

Day to Day You’ll Be:

• Support management of the external audit relationship
• Preparation of annual statutory accounts
• Support month-end close process
• Accounting of the non-trading entities including month end reconciliations
• Provide support to ensure a robust SOX control environment is in place and risks are appropriately managed
• Support technical accounting initiatives within the team
• Support tax management including corporation tax, international tax, R&D claims, VAT and internal reporting
• Regular liaison with Financial Control, Finance Revenue Team, Business Partnering, FP&A, Internal Audit and other key stakeholders
• Projects as deemed necessary by the Senior Finance Manager
• Involvement in wider finance initiatives to constantly evolve and improve the Group Finance function

Essential Skills & Experience:

• External audit experience
• Experience of working in, or having clients in a fast paced, complex environment
• Experience of overseeing the production and reporting of financial accounts, putting the necessary processes and controls in place
• Experience of tax computations
• Technical accounting
• Planning and organising multiple activities to deadlines
• Ability to influence and persuade challenging internal customer client base and external contacts
• Strong analytical and forecasting skills
• Clarity of vision and ability to drive change
• Newly or near qualified Chartered Accountancy
• Graduate calibre or above

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience of working in a regulated environment (SOX/FCA)
• Big 10 accounting firms and/or can demonstrate working with listed companies

Impact You'll Make:

What’s In It For you?
At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.
As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

• 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday
• A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools
• Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart

TransUnion – a place to grow: 
If there’s something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can’t quite tick off, don’t let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.
We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together

Flexibility at TU:
We recognise that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we’ve set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don’t let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you’re looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.

Additional support:
At TransUnion, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individual’s talents and perspectives are valued. When you apply for a position with us, you’re not just joining a team, you’re becoming part of a community that celebrates differences and embraces equality. We understand that everyone has different needs, which is why we offer a range of reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to help you through the application process or to attend an interview with us by contacting [email protected]

Interview & Hiring Process:
Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you’ll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.

We do not accept any unsolicited CV’s from recruitment agencies.  If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance. 

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This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Advisor, Financial Reporting