Accountant II

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About Lumen

Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure global platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about Lumen’s network, edge cloud, security and communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.

The Role

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop their career with the experience of working with a Global technology company, you will be part of a team of 30 people, split between the UK, Poland, France, Germany and Spain. The role will be UK based with a requirement to visit the London office up to two days per month and working from home or other UK offices for the remainder of the time.

This Accountant II role will be part of the EMEA Management reporting and Opex team and will report to the Opex Accounting Lead.

Responsibilities include providing timely and accurate monthly EMEA Opex accounting and reporting under US GAAP, assist management with other reporting duties, Intercompany accounting and local stats preparation.

The Main Responsibilities

• Monthly Opex and Intercompany accounting and reporting responsibilities under US GAAP
• Statutory reporting under Local GAAP for several entities working closely with our external auditors
• Assist with the EMEA monthly management reporting duties for Opex, Balance sheet and Below the Line reporting
• Preparing and reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, as per the Group timetable
• Providing support to the annual US GAAP audit and quarterly review processes
• Close liaison with EMEA FP&A to assist with commentary against forecast for key Opex accounting areas
• Close working with the EMEA Tax team on annual tax computations, CIS returns, VAT Returns, ad-hoc VAT issues and preparing quarterly forecasting
• Working with Internal Audit on queries; with Procurement and AP to ensure consistency of accounting and clean balance sheet monthly positions
• Assisting the Lead Accountant and Senior Managers EMEA with ad-hoc projects and automation efforts
  

Minimum Requirements

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience within similar sized entities or from an accounting firm
• Microsoft Office – intermediate or advanced Excel
  

Preferred Requirements

• US GAAP or IFRS reporting experience
• Experience of SAP, Oracle or other large ERP systems
  

Requisition #: 309559

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