£50000 - £60000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Review and Preparation of monthly management accounts - month end close procedure, (accrual/prepayments) preparation of reporting data, investigation of variances.
- Ensure processes are accurate and automated (where possible) as well as design and implementation of new processes as operations evolve.
- Perform reconciliations from the general ledger to the management accounts
- Foreign exchange complexity -This adds additional challenge to simple situations, such as VAT returns, and balance sheet recs.
- Lead on all VAT quarterly return submissions
- Lead on preparation of annual statutory accounts, the year end audit and year-end statutory tax package
- Review payment runs from the Accounts Assistant
- Ensuring clear, consistent, and effective communication is delivered to the team to provide clear direction and a vision
- Effective time-management to ensure maximum performance and consistent operational delivery is achieved
- Assist with the preparation of ad-hoc requests from various stakeholders
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A fully qualified Accountant with a relevant Finance or Accounting Degree (ACA,CIMA,ACCA)
- Experience in a similar role with good financial management reporting, variance analysis and balance sheets reconciliations
- Previous exposure to VAT and year-end audit processes.
- Exposure to / experience with Sales tax, stock (COGS) in a multi-currency environment
- Excellent attention to detail and a methodical way of working.
- Strong time management and organizational skills, with the ability to work to deadlines.
- An individual who is confident, with good communication skills and is prepared to accept a challenge and project to develop in the role.
- Energetic and self-motivated, able to work independently, and as part of a team.
- Track record of delivery
- Demonstrates excellent organizational skills with the ability to priorities own workload to deliver against agreed deadlines.
- Demonstrates good problem-solving skills uses initiative and proactively seeks alternative methods to resolve issues/problems.
Reference no: 108435