Job Description

To help facilitate the consolidation of the actual results for the International region of company both by accounting entries and by assisting other sites, to provide additional information and analysis as required by management, corporate and the auditors, to provide training in the consolidation system to other teams and to provide support to the regional master data team.

Your key responsibilities will involve:

• Loading of regional preliminary sales results for the International region to the consolidation system.
• Loading of overseas actual results for the International region to the consolidation system.
• Preparation and loading of regional consolidation adjustments.
• Support of other teams and sites in loading to the consolidation system.
• Coordination and issuance of the submissions of the quarterly FASS detailed analysis submissions from all International region sites, review and preparation of the detailed statutory analysis schedules.
• Preparation of quarterly and year end supplementary reporting submissions for Corporate and the auditors.
• Maintenance of finance master data for all sites using SAP globally as support for the master data team.
• Support the Regional Consolidation Specialists in the submission of the monthly high-risk balance sheet reconciliation confirmations.
• Support the Regional Consolidation Specialists in the submission of the complete quarterly balance sheet reconciliation confirmations.
• Responsibility for training and support in HFM and EssBase use for the finance function for whole of the International region.
• Responsibility for the maintenance of the profit reconciliation through the month end process.
• Responsibility for collection of data for and preparation of monthly consolidation KPI's.
• Responsibility for preparation of quarterly elimination journal balance sheet reconciliations as allocated to the Consolidation Team.
• Support the Regional Consolidation Manager and the Intercompany and Lease Accounting Manager.
• Involvement in other adhoc projects as and when required.

We offer the following benefits:

• Basic salary: Competitive
• A company performance / Individual performance related bonus (up to 10%)
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (The company contributes up to 10% for a 5% employee contributions)
• Life assurance and critical illness cover for Pension members
• 26 days holidays + statutory holidays
• Holiday trading
• Retail discount scheme
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their immediate family
• Free on-site parking
• On-site restaurant
• Cycle to work scheme
• On-site restaurant

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

An AAT qualification or Accounting/Finance degree would be desirable. Knowledge of our base ledger system (SAP) and our consolidation systems (HFM, FDM and Smart view). A good understanding of the legal entity structure of the International region, US GAAP, accounting for group eliminations and statutory accounting. A good understanding of the finance master data systems. Excellent communication skills are required to liaise with other finance and non-finance teams.