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Group Reporting Senior Accountant

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Date: May 5, 2026

Location: Birmingham, GB, B37 7ES

Company: LRQA

Job ID:43764
Location:Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park : Bi
Position Category:Finance
Position Type:Employee Regular

Role Purpose

Working as part of a Group Reporting team, this position supports with the production of the Group’s consolidation and reporting of the Group’s financial position for monthly management accounts and the Group’s annual report and financial statements.

Key Activities

Support with the production of the Group’s monthly and annual consolidation processes including processing Group eliminations, and the calculation of Group-level adjustments.
Develop an in-depth knowledge of the Group’s consolidation system (currently SAP BPC).
Developing productive working relationships with other Group functions within the Centre of Excellence such as Group Tax, Group Treasury and Group FPA in addition to Global Statutory & Compliance teams and team leaders within the Group’s shared service centre and finance support teams.
Responsibility for the Group’s disclosures and accounting policies for Property, Plant and Equipment, and Intangible assets.
Responsibility for accounting adjustments for lease accounting under IFRS 16 and maintaining data within the LeaseLight system.
Supporting with the production of the Group’s Financial statements under IFRS and UK subsidiary entities under FRS102 including liaising with the Group’s auditors.
Ad hoc projects as requested by the Group Reporting Manager.

Qualification and experience

Essential

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA or equivalent) with demonstrable up-to-date knowledge of UK Adopted IFRS and FRS102.
Experience with ERP and analytics systems
Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships.
Culturally sensitive in implementing initiatives and solutions across teams in different Areas and Business Streams.

Desirable

Experience of monthly financial close process.
Experience with SAP ByD, SAP BPC, and/or Deloitte LeaseLight.

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Pre-Employment Checks

If you are successful in securing a role with us, we will carry out preemployment checks in accordance with what is permitted under local law.

These checks may include, where legally allowed: right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal record checks.

We will engage our thirdparty background screening provider, Cfirst to conduct these checks on our behalf. Cfirst performs all processing in full compliance with applicable data protection laws and adheres to strict legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations in handling personal data.

Any personal information collected for the purpose of these checks will be used solely for evaluating your suitability for employment and will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil these purposes and meet legal requirements.

Your data will be stored securely and managed in accordance with all relevant privacy legislation.

If you have any questions or concerns about the preemployment checks please contact us at Onboarding@lrqa.com

If you have any questions or concerns on how your data will be handled, please contact us as dataprotection@lrqa.com

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:

We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team!

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).

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