Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Establish and lead a culture of continuous development to give the company's finances world-class support and a solid foundation.
- Lead, develop and mentor the Finance team.
- Simplify the closing process for all businesses in order to provide fast and accurate worldwide consolidation of results.
- Take the initiative in adopting new accounting standards throughout the business.
- Perform routine balance sheet checks to guarantee the accuracy of key balances and promote awareness of trends.
- Demonstrating a hands-on accounting approach as well as an understanding of the bigger picture.
- Manage and improve the company's annual budget, reforecasts, and variance analysis, identifying cost reductions and significant risks.
- Supervise Accounts Payable operations.
- Take the lead on managing and upgrading accounting systems and processes.
- Advise and support regional finance teams regarding technical accounting.
- Manage relationships with auditors and other external parties, including banks and insurers.
- Oversee the timely and accurate delivery of all legal entity statutory reporting, including VAT, tax, accounting, and government filings, across the UK and Internationally.
- Establish solid working relationships across the Finance, Specialist, and Support functions and ensure all financial control policies and procedures are followed.
- Offer recommendations on areas of accounting judgements.
- Keep track of the business’s bank accounts and cash flow forecast, ensuring that balances stay within the agreed-upon limitations and evaluating foreign exchange exposures.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- ACA qualified.
- Certified accountant with track record of overseeing the financial operations of multinational corporations.
- Evidence of developing positive working relationships internally and externally.
- An understanding of taxes (direct and indirect).
- Excellent leadership skills
- Can clearly communicate financial information.
- Excellent technical accounting abilities and experience dealing with audits.
- Ability to promote changes and improvements to processes.
- Commercial and financial awareness.
- Ability to adapt to changes and make decisions.
- Accounting
- Direct Tax
- Financial Services
- Indirect Taxation
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