Job Description

As Finance Control and Governance Accountant, you will work as part of a fast-paced team and be responsible for:

• Daily contact with internal customers involving decision making based on established principles, managing communications with our German colleagues and all levels of management and staff in the UK.
• Build relationships across the business and with all levels within the finance team acting as an "advisor" to improve the control environment, maintain good governance and deliver operational efficiencies.
• Understand complex finance transactions/processes and recommend changes to financial controls and governance, deciding on areas for further investigation. Impact the work of other's by creating process efficiencies and good governance.
• Responsible for the management of SAP access and finance master data requests from the business providing a "triage" facility between UK and Germany, ensuring advice is provided to maintain segregation of duties and perform regular reviews of finance system access.
• Innovation within finance and other areas of the business such as bringing new ideas, identifying opportunities for process automation, recommending course of action and documenting/embedding the changes.
• Communication and re-training of finance teams on new procedures where required.
• Working collaboratively with both finance and non-finance teams to optimise operational efficiencies across the business.
• Supporting other ad-hoc finance activities as required to help finance meet its commitments to the Board.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong Audit background to join a company with a dynamic culture and unrivalled opportunities .

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Personable with strong communication skills - both verbally and in writing. Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple tasks. Flexible and able to adapt quickly to change, and in turn be a change agent for the Finance department to help embed a culture of change. Previous Internal Audit Experience Good commercial and financial knowledge. Experience of "Lean Six Sigma" approach, process mapping, process improvement and setting performance measures. A range of financial system experience - SAP is essential and preferably Cognos