£65000 - £70000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- Take responsibility for all statutory disclosure requirements and ad hoc external regulatory reporting.
- To successfully manage the Control and Compliance finance team consisting of two assistant financial accountants and two finance assistants. To lead and develop the team to achieve a "best in class" approach to all work undertaken.
- To promote training and staff development for the team including liaising with training providers for team members undertaking professional qualification training
- To ensure balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled to underlying records and risks are identified and mitigated on a timely basis. Ensure robustness and completeness of financial records so that quarterly declarations to Group are compliant.
- Manage the quarterly sector balance sheet review process.
- To take overall responsibility for all payroll related balance sheet reconciliations and reporting thereon.
- To ensure the accurate posting of all payroll entries and deductions.
- To validate accuracy and ensure timely submission of the quarterly VAT returns and CIS returns.
- To enforce asset and lease policy compliance and to improve upon the current process.
- To ensure carbon emissions reporting is efficient and timely for the central finance function.
- To provide collaborative support to the shared services team leaders.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proven experience of day-to-day management of a finance team in a medium-large organization in a similar role.
- Proven track record of reviewing financial accounts, postings, and reports.
- Year end audit experience including managing requirements to meet a strict reporting timetable and acting as primary liaison with external auditors.
- Experience of leading and managing change to finance IT systems and procedures
- Good knowledge of fundamental accounting principles
- Well-developed skills specifically advanced Excel.
- Audit background preferred but not essential
- Ability and experience to lead the finance team, motivating and empowering the team to continuously improve their service delivery.
- Results driven - able to deliver to tight deadlines and work with minimal direction and supervision.
- Excellent organization and communication skills to manage resources against delivery targets.
- Solid accounting knowledge and attention to detail while comprehending the bigger picture.
- A clear service excellence approach to work with a passion for delivering correctly, first time, on time
Reference no: 104875