Group Technical Reporting Specialist
Blue Prism, United Kingdom
Job Description
About Blue Prism
Blue Prism is an international publicly listed tech unicorn software company headquartered in the UK, with global offices. It is undergoing rapid expansion and is the market leader in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) globally.
Since its listing on the London Stock Exchange AIM market in early 2016, it has enjoyed tenfold revenue growth, with customer base, employee headcount and other business metrics also growing at an exciting rate. The confidence of the market has allowed the Group to raise a further 240m in new share placings, 100m of which in April 2020, and it currently has a market capitalisation of c.1.3bn (Mar 21).
The Group has regional subsidiaries in 16 countries covering EMEA, Americas amp; APAC, and has opened new offices in the last twelve months in Russia, Sweden, South Africa, China, and Spain. In 2019 it made its first acquisition, a SaaS group, now integrated as Blue Prism Cloud.
Blue Prism operates an indirect sales model, meaning that most deals are transacted through reseller partners, who range from global Systems Integrators such as Accenture, Deloitte, EY and IBM down to smaller, geographically specific, advisory and implementation partners.
About Robotic Process Automation
As the pioneer, innovator and market leader in RPA, Blue Prism delivers the world’s most successful Digital Workforce. The company’s software robots automate transactions and improve operational efficiencies while meeting the requirements of the most demanding IT environments, where security, compliance and scalability are paramount. Blue Prism provides a scalable and robust execution platform for best-of-breed AI and cognitive technologies and has emerged as the trusted and secure RPA platform of choice for the Fortune 500.
Your Opportunity
At Blue Prism we’re going through an exciting period of growth. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Group Technical Reporting Specialist to join the Finance team. Given the fast-paced nature and variety of the Finance department, there will never be a dull moment in the role.
You must possess strong communication skills and be an ambitious and hard-working individual looking for your next challenge. This role will suit a proactive individual that has the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Your Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Preparation of full year and half year Group accounts, and assistance with preparing SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q returns)
- Responsibility for local subsidiary financial statements and liaison with local auditors
- Researching technical queries and preparing accounting papers for the Audit Committee, Board and Senior Management
- Being one of the main points of contact for external auditors, ensuring audit requests are provided and keeping track of key issues
- Implementing new processes and improving current procedures to support development of our control environment
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with external auditors, in-country accounting and tax suppliers and banks
- Review of certain balance sheet reconciliations
- Assistance with preparation of month end accounts where required
- Maintaining the accuracy and integrity of each local subsidiary’s accounting records
- Provision of information to in-country accounting and tax suppliers
- Coaching and support to wider finance team on any technical issues, and more broadly with CPD and upskilling.
Requirements
Your Experience
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work to deadlines, manage ones’ own time and work independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of operating in a tight control environment
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and implementing new ways of doing things
- ACA/ACCA qualified
- Have a good working knowledge of Excel and other tools
- Experience of Group accounts and dealing with multiple subsidiary companies
- Experience with preparation/audit of statutory accounts under IFRS
- Experience of researching and writing technical accounting papers on a range of issues
- Experience of US GAAP, PCAOB auditing standards and SEC reporting
- Have experience of overseas subsidiaries
- Have worked within the software or technology sector
- NetSuite experience
Desirable but not a prerequisite:
Benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Private medical scheme
- Employee share scheme
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible working hours </