Looking for a finance role with real impact? Shape the future of Record to Report within a globally recognised consultancy.
This person can be based in our Bath office on a hybrid working model.
At Buro Happold, we're looking for a talented Senior Finance Officer to join our growing Finance Shared Services (FSS) team in Bath.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our Finance transformation journey, supporting the delivery of efficient, scalable, and innovative financial processes across our global business. You'll work within our Record to Report (R2R) function, collaborating with finance teams across the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, and the US.
If you're passionate about accounting, process improvement, and the application of technology and AI within finance, we'd love to hear from you.
About The Role
As a Senior Finance Officer within Record to Report, you'll support the delivery of key accounting processes and help ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial information across the Group.
Working closely with the Head of Finance Shared Services and stakeholders across the business, you'll take ownership of core month-end and balance sheet activities, intercompany processes, fixed asset accounting, and general ledger management.
Alongside your operational responsibilities, you'll help drive continuous improvement initiatives and support the adoption of automation and AI-enabled solutions across finance processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the delivery of Record to Report activities within Finance Shared Services.
- Managing intercompany accounting and reconciliation processes across the Group.
- Leading fixed asset accounting activities.
- Delivering balance sheet reconciliations and supporting month-end close activities.
- Managing foreign currency revaluation and reconciliation processes.
- Overseeing cash allocation and timesheet processes performed by offshore teams.
- Supporting general ledger accounting activities and maintaining accounting controls.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes through automation, AI and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Working with Finance Systems, Transformation and AI teams to support new solutions and ways of working.
What we’re looking for
We're interested in hearing from candidates who bring strong accounting experience together with a collaborative and forward-thinking mindset.
You'll ideally have:
- Experience working within a finance or accounting environment, such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Accounting or Record to Report.
- An AAT qualification (essential).
- ACCA, ACA, ICAS, CIMA or equivalent qualification, or be working towards one (desirable).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and numerical skills.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- A genuine interest in AI, automation and improving finance processes through technology.
- A proactive, adaptable and team-oriented approach.
Why Join Buro Happold?
At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world's most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Attractive salary
- Discretionary bonus
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements
- Generous company pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies
- A strong commitment to continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities
- An opportunity to support your local community and those in society that are most in need, wherever they are located in the world through our Share Our Skills (SOS) programme
- A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won't be far from exceptional.
Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
A place for everyone
Technology is the beating heart of our work and intrinsic to our culture. We innovate. We think smart. We use digital solutions to constantly push forward. Employees choose to join Buro Happold because technology enables them to ‘be their best self’, multiplied but never replaced. This is how we are spearheading the digital transformation of the built environment. We are therefore looking for candidates with a digital mindset who embrace new technologies with ease and enthusiasm.
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
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