Job Description

What is the role?

On this 3 year scheme, you will be providing general group accounting assistance, reporting to the Group Financial Controller.

On the scheme you will be:

Taking on a significant statutory reporting and management accounting role, this role will be both varied and challenging, with a clear succession path, and may include some overseas travel.

Key tasks include:
 

• Consolidated management accounts
• Responsible for producing the consolidated management accounts that are submitted to the Board
• Intercompany trading - review and follow up of monthly reconciliations, elimination of transactions and calculation of related PURP adjustment
• Reconciliation to year end and half year end reporting

Year end and half year end

Assist the Group Accountant in the year and half year end procedures:
 

• Managing the subsidiary reporting process
• Analytical review of submissions and following up on queries raised
• Assisting in the group consolidation, including the calculation of consolidation journals
• Assist in the preparation of the Annual and Interim reports - including direct responsibility for certain technical accounting disclosures
• Budgeting and forecasting process
• Assist the Group Accountant in the annual budgeting and dynamic forecasting processes, including:
• Managing the subsidiary reporting process
• Analytical review of dynamic monthly submissions and following up on queries raised
• Assist in the preparation of the annual Budget and monthly Finance Board report

Other responsibilities
 

• Ongoing Treasury management procedures including liaising with banks for drawdown/repayments of RCF facilities as well as calling dividends from subsidiaries
• Ongoing maintenance of certain technical accounting records/calculations
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for the resolution of subsidiary queries
• Involvement in other areas including rebates, royalty income and credit insurance.
• Ad hoc projects as required by the business
• Involvement in internal 'health checks' across the Group

Why should you apply?
 

• ACA qualifications fully funded
• As well as sponsoring your ACA qualifications, they will also support you with short-term courses: e.g. those on accounting standards/new legislations.
• The hiring company provide the same level of training as the Big 4 but in an industry environment
• The company has a very friendly, collaborative company culture - your voice will always be heard!
• Opportunities to work from home
• From the outset this role will have lots of responsibility - take ownership of your work!

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You must have obtained a 1st class degree in accounting/accounting-related degree. An avid problem solver who takes initiative Someone who is great at communication and working in a team Someone who has great organisation skills and attention to detail