Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Timely production of accurate management accounts for allocated group companies.
- Ensure full review of Trial balance. Maintain a monthly checklist of tasks completed and outstanding.
- Ensure all transactional bookkeeping is reviewed and checked for accuracy of accounts
- Ensure all journals are signed and reviewed prior to entering in the system to ensure correct nominal accounting
- Ensure month-end is fully completed by 10th working day
- Creditor balances are reviewed prior to month-end every month
- Review and approve payroll journals if relevant and ensure its reconciled monthly to payroll system
- Balance sheet is reconciled every month and is a fair reflection of the assets and liabilities
- Provide month-end packs and business forecasting to assist with management decision making.
- Ensure timely production of annual budgets and business plans for the entities
- Producing monthly management accounts with variance analysis
- Prepare weekly cash forecast highlighting any issues that are apparent
- Prepare audit schedules for External Auditors.
- Deal with all auditor queries for the allocated entities as required
- Expected to work as a business partner with all functions and divisions as appropriate and liaise with key functional individuals to ensure up to date operational information is captured in the management accounts.
- Work closely with financial processing team to ensure bookkeeping is accurate and timely
- Review the work done by Junior Accountants with a view of improving processes and enhance efficiency
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bank Reconciliations
- Management Accounting
- Qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA
- Experience in construction industry is advantageous
- Proficient in Microsoft office products such as Excel and Word
- Balance Sheet knowledge is a pre-requisite
- Strong Communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills and Demonstrable Initiative
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to deliver with minimum supervision
Reference no: 106005