£50000 - £70000 Per year
Accountant
Full-time, Contract
Job Description
- Prepare full management accounts to include balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments, variance analysis
- Business partner departmental stakeholders through analytical support to include: weekly sales reporting, cost of sales, gross profit analysis, variance against forecast, commission analysis etc.
- Full month end close and reporting duties across the group
- Prepare consolidations for group and statutory reporting
- Prepare monthly & quarterly management reports for senior management
- Assist with the year end statutory reporting and accounting, including disclosures
- Liaise with the external accountants and advisors for completion of the annual audit & tax returns
- Regular review and sign off of the AP & AR ledgers, monitoring any fluctuations, particularly bad debtor provisions
- Reconcile the intercompany accounts, including interest calculations
- Preparation and submission of the VAT and CIS returns
- Refine internal controls and processes to ensure the business is fully compliant
- Implementation of a transfer pricing policy across the group
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Forecasting
- Management Accounts
- Intercompany Accounts
- Month End Close
- Fully qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent with PQE
- Experience gained within a media or similar environment would be beneficial
- Exception communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships
- Experience gained within a growing, dynamic environment, an understanding of start up env would be beneficial
- Natural self-starter with a can-do attitude, able to work under own initiative
- Advanced Excel
- Great attention to detail, deadline orientated and able to remain calm under pressure
- Methodical, logical approach
- Energetic, positive attitude and able to flex on approach
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