£350 - £450 Per day
Financial Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels in the business across multiple functions to prepare the company's quarterly forecasts and the annual budget, challenging inputs constructively and ensuring consistency.
- Lead and prepare the consolidation of the company's cashflow and balance sheet forecast.
- Preparation of timely, accurate and insightful management reporting, using financial and non-financial metrics to inform a wide user base of key elements of performance within the business.
- Where necessary, identify and conduct investigations into areas of concern to help ensure the company meets its objectives.
- Be a key point of contact for the audit process, facing off to external auditors and coordinating colleagues' responses to audit queries.
- Drive improvements and consistency in the programmer financial reporting cycle
- Identify and deliver process improvements, influencing others where necessary to drive change positively.
- Develop deep understanding of the diverse operations and identify key drivers of business performance.
- Take responsibility for operating costs for the company, challenging costs charged to ensure value for money.
- Carry out ad hoc duties and special projects as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Degree Educated
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Relevant experience gained in a similar role for a complex business in the UK
- UK Right to work
- Demonstrable experience of challenging business processes and delivering improvement around budgeting and forecasting.
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