Financial Accountant

This role reports to the Senior Financial Reporting Manager and sits within the Financial Reporting team, which is at the heart of the global Finance function. It owns key areas of the financial reporting cycle across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow, ensuring accurate, well-controlled and high-standard financial outputs. The position combines hands-on financial reporting with analysis, automation and continuous improvement in 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).
• Relevant experience within financial reporting, management accounting or a similar industry finance environment, with the ability to independently own areas of the reporting cycle.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting fundamentals and experience working across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial data, investigate issues and turn information into meaningful insight.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with complex financial data and large datasets.
• Demonstrable experience improving reporting processes, automating manual tasks or finding more efficient ways of working.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy, controls and producing high-quality financial information.
• A proactive and curious mindset, with the confidence to challenge existing processes and take ownership of problems through to resolution.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance and the wider business.

• Experience with Power Query, Alteryx or similar data tools would be highly advantageous.
• Experience within a fast-paced, multinational or listed environment, or exposure to post-acquisition change, would be advantageous but is not essential.

• Holbern, London

Legend is a world-leading sports and gaming media network, reaching hundreds of millions of visitors a year, and is now part of Genius Sports. Legend is a leading sports and gaming marketing company with over 20 years of proven success, and its team of 600+ people across 22+ countries moves fast, learns quickly and wins together.