Job Description

• Managing and supporting the performance and development of a team of Accounts Assistants
• Supporting the global roll out of a major new ERP across several subsidiaries. Providing guidance and training to subsidiary administration staff as required.
• Liaising regularly with overseas finance staff to ensure accounts are closed in line with the month end timetable and ensuring that any P&L performance issues are fully understood
• Working with subsidiary management and finance staff to identify and improve performance issues
• Managing subsidiary working capital in areas such as aged debt and cash flow forecasting
• Involvement in performance review meetings with subsidiary and HQ management
• Ensure newly acquired subsidiaries are successfully integrated into A-Safe’s policies, procedures and systems
• Dealing with complex and ad hoc reconciliation issues, such as separate accounting systems in Mexico and Russia
• Partnering with other departments, such as Marketing or Product Development to provide useful insight into their performance and enhance their support for the business
• Ad hoc projects as required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential: Fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA or CIMA Experienced in all aspects of the role in particular management accounts Lateral thinker and problem solver Strong IT skills and a desire to work with modern IT systems Effective communication skills at all levels Desirable: Industry background Experience of working with SAP or NetSuite ERP Systems Experience working with international subsidiaries Experience of consolidating group accounts