Financial Accountant
Legend is hiring a Financial Accountant, reporting to the Senior Financial Reporting Manager in Holborn, London. The Financial Reporting team sits at the heart of the global Finance function, ensuring the business has accurate, reliable and insightful financial information while continually improving how it reports, analyses and uses data.
As a Financial Accountant, the role will take ownership across key areas of the financial reporting cycle, working across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow to ensure financial outputs are accurate, well-controlled and delivered to a high standard. Alongside strong accounting fundamentals, the role requires someone who is naturally analytical and enjoys finding better ways of doing things. The Financial Accountant will use data, automation and process improvement to make reporting more efficient, reduce manual work and improve the quality of financial insight available to the business. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on financial reporting with analysis and continuous improvement within a fast-paced, multinational listed business undergoing significant growth and change.
- Take ownership of key areas of the monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting cycle, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
- Prepare, review and improve balance sheet reconciliations, supporting schedules and working papers, investigating and resolving issues where required.
- Analyse financial performance across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow, identifying trends, investigating variances and highlighting risks or opportunities.
- Build, improve and automate reporting processes using Excel and other data tools, reducing manual effort and improving the accuracy and efficiency of financial reporting.
- Use data and financial insight to challenge existing processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve how Finance operates.
- Partner with Finance Operations, FP&A and wider Finance teams to improve the quality, consistency and usefulness of financial information.
- Support audit, governance and control activities throughout the financial reporting cycle.
- Contribute to wider Finance projects and improvements as the function continues to evolve and scale following Legend's acquisition.
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) (required)
- Relevant experience within financial reporting, management accounting or a similar industry finance environment, with the ability to independently own areas of the reporting cycle (required)
- Strong understanding of financial reporting fundamentals and experience working across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow (required)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial data, investigate issues and turn information into meaningful insight (required)
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with complex financial data and large datasets (required)
- Demonstrable experience improving reporting processes, automating manual tasks or finding more efficient ways of working (required)
- Experience with Power Query, Alteryx or similar data tools would be highly advantageous (nice-to-have)
- Excellent attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy, controls and producing high-quality financial information (required)
- A proactive and curious mindset, with the confidence to challenge existing processes and take ownership of problems through to resolution (required)
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance and the wider business (required)
- Experience within a fast-paced, multinational or listed environment, or exposure to post-acquisition change, would be advantageous but is not essential (nice-to-have)
Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company that supplies official data, streaming, integrity and advertising services to sports leagues, sportsbooks and media companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in London, with a major office in New York and others worldwide, it is the official data partner of organisations including the NFL, English Premier League and FIBA. The company provides the technology that connects sports, betting and media businesses. Genius Sports is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.