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Team : Finance Reporting to : Group Financial Controller Location : Remote / London ABOUT: GAIN is a creative-led, insight-driven company that blends data, tech and creativity. We believe the best ideas emerge where intelligence and creativity unite, where insight sparks imagination, and where innovation turns possibility into progress. We are explorers of new frontiers, shaping bold strategies that move people, brands, and businesses forward. Individually and together, our specialist teams provide the vision, data, and confidence brands and organisations need to make braver, more impactful decisions. Today as GAIN, we work as a united force, using data to fuel creativity, and technology to unlock new possibilities. We don’t just embrace innovation, we engineer it, transforming information into action, and ideas into breakthroughs.  This is where rebel thinking, smart technology and data-driven creativity shape the future. THE ROLE: We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Financial Accountant to join our finance team. In this role, you will take ownership of the group monthly consolidation process, oversee robust financial controls, support management of group liquidity, and ensure strict statutory compliance. This position bridges the gap between technical accounting and forward-thinking finance, offering a distinct opportunity to lead systems optimisation, manage core transactional workflows, and drive automation across our corporate structure. You will ensure all financial control and compliance aspects are managed and delivered in an effective and timely manner. You will also play an important role in the relationship with Senior Stakeholders including liaising with CFO and work with the Finance Business Partners.   Responsibilities will include:   1. Financial Reporting and Group Consolidation Group Monthly Consolidation: Lead the end-to-end monthly consolidation process for the group's entities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Month-End Management: Oversee the month-end close processes for corporate entities, maintaining a strict and efficient close calendar. Variance Analysis & Commentary: Perform rigorous analytical reviews on financial performance, delivering insightful variance analysis and commentary to support strategic decision-making. Geographic Entity Reporting & Transfer Pricing: Manage geographic entity reporting requirements and support the implementation, monitoring, and documentation of the group's transfer pricing policies.   2. Corporate Accounting Holding Company & Corporate Entities: Take ownership of the accounting, intercompany transactions, and net asset tracking for Group Holding Companies and corporate entities. Legal Entity & Restructuring Changes: Account for corporate reorganisations, legal entity changes, capital restructurings, and post-acquisition integrations across the group. FRS 102 & Technical Reporting Updates: Lead the technical assessment and operational transition for accounting standard updates under FRS 102, specifically managing the transition and ongoing compliance for operating lease changes (in line with the convergence toward IFRS 16 principles).   3. Cash Management & Treasury Cash Flow Forecasting: Develop, maintain, and roll forward rolling group cash flow forecasts to provide clear visibility on short and long-term liquidity. Treasury & Liquidity Management: Monitor daily cash positions across group bank accounts, optimise working capital, and manage internal funding or currency requirements where necessary.   4. Systems, Process Optimisation & Automation Sage Intacct Administration: Act as a key finance super-user for Sage Intacct, ensuring the system is configured effectively to support multi-entity reporting, dimension tracking, and smooth month-end workflows. AP Process Modernisation: Focus on the i