Finance Administrator
Full Time
Job Description
- Managing a team of three to undertake monthly accounting and month-end close activities including processing journal entries/allocations and the preparation of key reporting on the group’s financial performance to the period-end close timelines
- Responsible for the preparation of robust P&Ls and month-end packs, substantiating account/general ledger balances, and providing first-level commentary
- Presenting monthly financial results to key stakeholders and highlighting risks and opportunities
- Ensuring Balance Sheet reconciliations have been completed to an excellent standard, in a timely manner, and have been subjected to a robust review process
- Supporting in the half year and year end process and ensuring audit requests are dealt with swiftly
- Raising issues with senior management and helping resolve them
- Ensure accounting policies set by the in-house technical team are implemented and adhered to Line management and development of the team and setting smart objectives to aid the success of the team
- Continuously reviewing and ensuring the team is set up for success
- Proactively identifying problems and opportunities to standardize, streamline/improve processes and analysis and improve accuracy
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Relevant financial qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and understanding of relevant regulatory environments
- An understanding of core financial processes and relevant systems
- Knowledge of accounting, tax and reporting standards & principles
- Experience in a fast-paced similar sized environment
- Experience in delivering great customer / user experience (desirable)
- Line management experience
- Ability to set and achieve stretch goals priorities tasks and work closely with colleagues
- Ability to complete work to a high standard whilst identifying opportunities for further improvement
- Mindset to own and drive their development plans: to improve their technical and soft skills and their understanding of the business
- Possess strong attention to detail; able to provide accurate and timely data/reporting
- Possesses good presentation skills
- Adaptability to change and positive mindset
Reference no: 97787