A group accountant is a very important role within an organisation's finance department.
Their key purpose is to provide, accurate, timely and relevant statutory reporting and management information to ensure management meet statutory requirements and achieve strategic business goals.
Essentially, Group accountants produce the financial statements for a group of accounts within the same company. Their role can be very complex so experienced group accountant’s are generally in high demand, particularly within large corporates.
Group accountants need to be CA qualified and have several years' post qualification experience, together with the following skills:
Key personal attributes for a successful group accountant include:
Essentially, Group accountants produce the financial statements for a group of accounts within the same company.
On average, salaries for group accountants are between circa $90-110k.
IFRS, 'Big 4' statutory reporting, group consolidation
Most group accounting roles offer plenty of scope to learn new tasks and expand their remit over time. Proven group accountants can progress to the role of finance manager.
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