Company Description

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Job Description

The Senior Controllership Accountant role is a key role within the accounting and finance organisation and will work closely with the UK&I Head of External Reporting and Europe & India Financial Controller. As part of a dynamic team, you will have responsibility for the preparation of year end accounting and audit information for our UK & I legal entities, supporting the UK&I Head of External Reporting in providing technical accounting advice across the region, leading on our annual impairment assessments of investments held by our UK & I entities, and responding to technical accounting and audit related queries from our external auditors.

You will interact with the wider Europe and India finance team, business leaders, our offshore shared service centres, corporate executives, internal and external audit teams, and outside professional advisors. The role will operate across all AECOM divisions, supporting in ensuring accurate and timely internal and external financial reporting information, the management of our legal entity structure, and in optimising this structure to support key business objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• To be a valuable team member within the UK & I Controllership team and assisting in the coaching and mentoring of other team members to achieve best in class performance

• Supporting the provision of timely, accurate and relevant technical accounting support to the Europe & India business

• Supporting the UK & I external audit process, including preparing extended trial balances and statutory accounting notes, and responding to queries from auditors. The UK & I currently has 29 audited companies including several major trading companies, and the AECOM international holding company structure.

• Ensuring UK & I statutory financial statements are accurate, comply with local GAAP and legal regulations and are filed in accordance with local timescales, including posting and reviewing journal entries.

• Leading on the annual impairment assessment of investments in subsidiaries, including liaising with local teams and AECOM Corporate, and being the point of contact for queries from our auditors.

• Supervising and directing our offshore Global Business Services (GBS) team to drive the efficient production of statutory accounts using software to optimise performance. Driving an attitude of continual improvement in the use of accounts production software, and quality where possible

• Building strong relationships with internal and external finance colleagues, business partners, advisors, and key business leaders to support, optimise, explain, and manage the financial structures in place to support the business

• Supporting the ongoing drive to reduce the complexity and size of our legal entity structure by simplifying legal entities and liquidating older legacy companies where possible.

• Supporting in the collation of financial information to assist bid submissions on potential future projects for the business.

• Participating in special projects and ad hoc requests where possible (e.g. corporate restructurings and significant/ unusual transactions)

• Supporting the implementation of new UK/ US GAAP accounting standards and corporate accounting policies across the Europe and India region in conjunction with our Global Accounting team, where possible

• Supporting the internal audit process throughout the period to ensure that as a firm our internal control environment is strong and compliant with public company requirements and AECOM policies; and

• Working with Tax, Treasury and legal to ensure that all tax, treasury, and finance matters are compliant and optimised where applicable.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

• Chartered Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or similar) with 5+ years’ post qualification experience

• Good Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Extensive experience in accounting and reporting: specifically technical financial reporting and audits in a public company environment

• Must be pro-active and demonstrate ability to see things through to the end

• Ability to be resourceful, hands on and work both independently and as part of high-performing team

• Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple duties in a fast-paced environment

• Must be motivated, work independently as well as part of a team

• Willingness to work with multiple different colleagues across different geographical regions, on a variety of initiatives

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and theoretical knowledge in financial reporting

• Ability to think creatively, analyse and solve problems

Preferred skills and experiences:

• Engineering & Construction, project management, contract accounting experience preferred

• Experience of accounts production software / Shared Service environment preferred

• US GAAP and multi-national company experience preferred

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10112502

Business Line: Geography OH

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Finance

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Limited