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Head of Technical Accounting – Entity Structure
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
23 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Head of Technical Accounting – Entity Structure
Wood
• Accountable for ensuring the Group’s entity structure, capitalisation and intercompany arrangements are appropriately designed, technically sound, tax‑efficient and compliant with IFRS, local statutory requirements and internal governance policies. • Leading and / or reviewing entity goodwill impairment assessments, balance sheet recapitalisations and entity restructurings and reductions. • Provide technical accounting leadership to support simplification, cost reduction and balance sheet optimisation initiatives, while safeguarding reporting integrity and audit robustness. • Plays a lead role in simplifying the Group’s entity structure and ensuring the financing activities are correctly reflected in the Group’s financial statements and statutory accounts. • Exercises significant influence over the Group’s technical accounting positions, legal entity architecture and intercompany financing design, providing authoritative recommendations on complex accounting matters and structural decisions. • Materially influences balance sheet outcomes and audit conclusion.
Job Requirements
- Degree qualified
- Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ICAEW, ICAS, ACCA, CPA)
- Significant experience in technical accounting within a large, complex multinational group or professional services environment
- Deep technical knowledge of IFRS, particularly business combinations, impairments, group restructuring and intragroup financing
- Proven experience supporting or leading legal entity rationalisation and balance sheet optimisation projects
- Strong understanding of intercompany financing, capital structures and treasury‑related accounting issues
- Experience preparing high‑quality technical accounting papers and engaging with external auditors
- Ability to work effectively across finance, tax, treasury and legal functions
- Highly analytical with strong professional judgement and attention to detail
- Credible technical adviser, confident challenging assumptions and articulating conclusions clearly
- Proactive, resilient and comfortable operating in complex, ambiguous environments
- Strong collaborator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Committed to maintaining high standards of governance, control and financial reporting integrity
- Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate messaging clearly.
- Role model for Wood’s values and behaviours
Benefits
- Diversity Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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