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The Pets at Home Vet Group has undergone significant growth over the course of the last few years and is now one of the largest vet groups in the UK. This is a hugely exciting time to join the business with continuing growth and opportunities.

You will join an incredibly friendly and supportive finance team and have the chance to be recognised for leading and developing your individual area and making a mark in the business. You must share our passion for pets as we are driven by providing the best in both customer service and pet care throughout the Group and our 400+ vet practices over the UK.

The Compliance team works alongside the other finance teams to deliver statutory reporting for a growing group of joint venture businesses and a smaller subset of group managed practices.

The successful candidate will lead and manage all statutory and regulatory financial reporting for vet practices, maintain key audit relationships and lead on technical accounting projects.

Key Responsibilities - What you'll be doing

* Managing and developing a team of 3 assistant accountants

* Overseeing the preparation of FRS102 small company accounts for circa 400 joint venture companies and FRS 101 accounts for group managed practices and support office companies.

* Reviewing draft financial statements for accuracy and compliance with relevant accounting standards.

* Preparing financial statements for the trading Vet Group subsidiary companies and managing their external audit.

* Alongside the Head of Accounting Services & Financial Compliance, lead the process of implementing IFRS 16 accounting for practices reporting under FRS 102.

* Alongside the Head of Accounting Services & Financial Compliance, implement a process to manage the accounting for closed companies and ensure legal documentation is in order so that they can be dissolved.

* Acting as the lead point of contact for external auditors carrying out a limited assurance engagement for Joint Venture practices.

* Assisting the Head of Accounting Services & Financial Compliance in co-ordinating the external audit for the Vet Group component of the Pets at Home Group results.

* Maintaining the Vet Group accounting manual, including defining best practice for documentation and monitoring.

* Overseeing the completion of ONS surveys for joint venture companies and group managed practices.

* Assisting the Head of Accounting Services & Financial Compliance, and the Accounting Services team with ad hoc work as required.

About You

Education

* Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA)

* Practice background is desirable with 3 years of post-qualification experience

Skills & Knowledge

* Strong financial reporting technical knowledge including UK GAAP and IFRS

* Knowledge of small company reporting under UK GAAP

* Good knowledge of IFRS9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16

* Strong Excel skills are essential with knowledge of other MS Office applications.

* Ability to work at pace, be able to delegate appropriately and have a high level of organisational skills

* A self-starter who can work both independently and as part of a wider team

* Ability to influence, build consensus and challenge across teams, both within and outside of Finance to drive improvements

Personal Attributes

* Proven leadership ability

* Team player, able to build strong networks and communicate and work effectively across disciplines

* Passion for accuracy and drive for improvement

* The ability to own problems to a conclusion and manage the expectations of the business in terms of the objectives and outcomes

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you