Group Lease Accountant – 15 Month Fixed Term Contract

IVC Evidensia UK, Keynsham, South West

Discipline: Finance

Group Lease Accountant – 15 Month Fixed Term Contract

Healthy animals and happy owners – that’s the goal.

IVC Evidensia is proud to be one of the world’s leading veterinary care providers based in 20 different countries. IVC Evidensia has revenues of over £3.4bn and network of more than 2,500 sites, including first opinion clinics, hospitals and out-of-hour centres and a number of pet crematoria and other ancillary businesses. IVC Evidensia operates a high growth model, typically looking to acquire around 300 sites a year across all countries.

The role is to assist the Group Lease Accounting Manager with lease accounting, processes and controls across the Group. This involves running bespoke leasing software, monthly and annual reporting, working with new acquisitions, and providing technical support to country accounting teams. The group currently has leases with a value of ~£500M, in territories including UK, Europe and Canada. A key component of the role will be working with country teams to monitor and assist with reconciliations of lease control accounts and provide reporting to senior management

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Ensure complete and accurate reporting of lease accounting information, based on data in BDO Lead (Lease software)

Implement established lease processes, controls and reconciliations for lease reporting and transaction flows

Support the onboarding of lease data for all new acquisitions and updates/ changes to existing leases

Provide technical support to country management accounting teams on lease accounting (IFRS 16)

Problem solve/undertake project work

Validate and back up work of lease administrators

Monitor reconciliation/clearance of the lease payment control accounts

Validate Administrators’ inputs into BDO Lead (Lease software)

Prepare monthly data for company journals into Open Accounts (GL)

Reconcile BDO Lead/Open Accounts data at Group level

Line management of Lease Administrators

Assist in preparation of lease disclosure notes for full (statutory) and half year accounts and with interim/year end audit responses

Ad hoc project work e.g. cleansing leasing data, rolling-out process improvements

Prepare summary/specific lease information requested by other accounting functions such as Group Accounting/Reporting, Treasury, FP&A

Experience/Qualifications:

Essential

ACA or similar accounting qualification

Working knowledge of IFRS 16

Ability to manage and manipulate data

Intermediate Excel skills including Pivot tables

Experience of preparing reconciliations

Practical approach to problem solving

Attention to detail

Can-do attitude and ability to drive outcomes

Desirable

Experience working with multi-site business

Experience of PowerBI

Use of custom accounting systems and databases

Experience of working with multiple currencies

Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

What We Offer:

At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

Work-life balance

25 days annual leave

Your birthday as a paid day off

Cycle to Work scheme

Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing

Pension

Discounted staff pet care

Dog Friendly office

Parking available