UK GAAP Statutory Reporting & Integration Lead

Location: Hybrid (3 Days In-Office in Budapest)

Job Type: Contract (12+ months)

Client: Fortune 500 company

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a leading global organization to deploy a specialized, high-impact finance expert tasked with a critical post-acquisition integration and statutory reporting initiative. You will be joining an elite integration task force deployed directly to the client's Budapest office to ensure a seamless financial transition, total data accuracy, and strict audit readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Harmonization & Mapping: Participate in the comprehensive mapping of the Chart of Accounts (COA),
• Opening Balance Sheet Execution: Take hands-on ownership of preparing the opening balance sheet, rigorously testing for completeness and accuracy to establish a bulletproof financial baseline.
• Systems & Data Migration: Act as the core finance liaison for systems and ERP integration, executing meticulous data migration strategies to untangle messy legacy data and ensure financial integrity.
• Process & Close Alignment: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive process harmonization and align month-end close procedures, preventing reporting friction and delays.
• Statutory & Tax Compliance: Ensure proper statutory and tax alignment, with a dedicated focus on executing and enforcing UK GAAP.

Requirements

• Integration Expertise: Proven hands-on experience in post-acquisition integration, finance transformation, or complex ERP migrations within a multinational company.
• Technical Expertise: Technical knowledge of UK GAAP statutory reporting, with strong exposure to complex consolidation environments and international tax alignment.
• Problem Solver: Exceptional analytical skills with the hands-on ability to reconstruct financials, migrate data, and map complex charts of accounts independently.
• Communication: Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to comfortably enforce new policies and standard operating procedures with existing in-house controllership teams.
• Work Arrangement: Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and available to work on-site in the Budapest office 3 days per week.

What's in It for You

• Elite Exposure: Work on a high-stakes, high-visibility acquisition integration project that is a top priority for executive leadership.
• Impactful Work: Move beyond standard month-end close and actively fix, build, and transform a global company's core financial architecture and ERP landscape.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside top-tier finance and systems professionals in a targeted, specialized task force.

If you are ready to take on a complex M&A accounting challenge, elevate financial processes, and make a tangible impact on a global integration, we’d love to hear from you.