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On the UK side, this person manages outside accountants for Parallel Wireless's UK entity (PWUK), acting as the on-the-ground lead who ensures accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting, and partners with UK HR on related matters. On the global side, this person is a member of the Global Accounting team, owning assigned areas of accounting responsibility and leading cross-entity initiatives that strengthen the close, controls, and process automation across the group.\nThis role reports to the Assistant Controller based in the United States and requires three days per week in the UK office in Bristol.\nGlobal Accounting Responsibilities:\nGlobal Initiatives & Process Improvement\nOwn assigned global areas of accounting responsibility as part of the Global Accounting team\nLead cross-entity initiatives and special projects as part of the Global Accounting team\nContribute to global month-end and quarter-end close deliverables, driving consistency of accounting treatment across entities\nHelp design and document global accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls\nSupport global audit and statutory reporting requirements, coordinating information requests across entities\nIdentify and implement automation and system improvements that reduce manual effort across the global close\nUK Accounting Responsibilities:\nFinancial Review & Reporting\nOwn the accuracy and integrity of UK entity financial statements, directing month-end and year-end close through outside accountants\nDirect outside accountants on statutory reporting, tax filings, and audit requirements, serving as the primary UK accounting authority to auditors and regulators\nAccounts Payable & Cash Management\nOversee the accounts payable function, ensuring controls, accuracy, and timely processing across the UK entity\nSet and enforce purchase order approval policy and thresholds\nOwn corporate credit card governance, including reconciliation standards and expense compliance\nDirect lease accounting and administration for UK facilities and equipment\nLead cash forecasting for the UK entity, providing visibility into funding needs and partnering with the global team on intercompany funding\nPayroll & HR Support\nLead payroll accounting support for UK HR, including data validation, reconciliations, and resolution of payroll-related accounting matters\nServe as the accounting authority for UK HR on compensation-related matters\nCompliance\nMonitor and advise leadership on changes in UK tax and regulatory requirements relevant to the entity\nMaintain UK accounting policies and internal controls, ensuring alignment with global Accounting standards and supporting audit readiness\nDrive process improvement initiatives to strengthen controls and efficiency across UK accounting operations\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, plus a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent), or equivalent experience\nExperience:\n5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including managing outside accountants or accounting staff. Experience within a multinational group structure preferred, ideally US-parented\nWorking knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102), Companies House filing requirements, and HMRC tax compliance\nExperience with intercompany accounting and group reporting across a multi-entity structure preferred\nStrong Excel skills; experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems preferred\nExcellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to direct external accountants and partner effectively with UK HR and US-based Accounting leadership\nEnthusiasm for modernizing how accounting work gets done, including adopting automation and AI tools as the function evolves\nAbility to partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives","description_format":"text","description_chars":3917,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Mobile Networks","Network Equipment"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T15:53:31Z"}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":41,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-26T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/parallel-wireless-accounting-manager-uk","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/parallel-wireless-accounting-manager-uk.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-27T02:41:53Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2431,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2569,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z"}}}