Freelance Statutory Accountant & Tax Accountant Opportunities (Remote Home Working)

About the company

IWG has been at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution for more than 30 years. We have made it possible for organisations and individuals everywhere to take a new approach to the traditional working day. We have over 3,400 locations across over 110 countries allowing millions of people every day to have a great day at work.

Our customers are start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large multinationals. With unique business goals, people and aspirations. They want workspaces and communities to match their needs. We provide them with choice through our portfolio of brands, covering serviced offices (Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature and No18), commercial real estate brokerage and managed office solutions.

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Job Purpose

Freelance part-time opportunities working for IWG remotely from home.

Completing IWG country specific statutory filings focused mainly on Year-End and Half-Year accounting periods.

There will be close collaboration with other teams involved in data extraction and filing preparation (i.e. the global and local shared service centres).

Statutory Accountant ? Key Responsibilities

• Maintain documentation of local statutory requirements (deadlines, requirements, adjustments etc) up to date.


• Review and/or prepare data required for the completion of all statutory filings.


• Proactively file all requirements locally with the authorities and answer queries.


• Manage local audits.


• Act as the local expert, communicating with authorities or auditors as needed.


• Build proactive working relationships with the shared service centres.


• Assist with company secretarial activities, specific to the country.


• Undertake a range of other ad-hoc activities as the local country finance representative (i.e. one-off admin tasks required onsite or with local language dependencies).


• Manage and keep the corporate calendar up to date (deadlines, requirements, adjustments etc).


• Review and/or prepare and/or file data required for the completion of all statutory filings.

Tax Accountant ? Key Responsibilities

• Manage and keep the tax calendar and documentation of local tax requirements (deadlines, requirements, adjustments etc) up to date


• Review and/or prepare data required for the completion of all tax and statutory filings (Note: the level of hands-on preparation is dependent on the country requirements and the practical cover of each task within the shared service centres)


• Proactively file all requirements locally with the authorities


• Manage local audits


• Act as the local expert, communicating with authorities or auditors as needed


• Build proactive working relationships with the shared service centres


• Undertake a range of other adhoc activities as the local country finance representative (i.e. one-off admin tasks required onsite or with local language dependencies)

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Accounting or Tax Qualification.


• 10 years + experience, including recent experience in a similar level role.


• Technically strong, with a working knowledge of local GAAP.


• Proven ability to meet statutory compliance obligations.


• Extensive experience of producing Statutory Accounts and Annual Reports and documents relating to company secretarial requirements.


• Flexible approach, adaptable to change.


• Excellent communication skills ? previous experience of working remotely an advantage.


• Self-motivated.


• Native language relevant to the country and fluent in English.