Financial Accountant (must have FS experience)
- Recruiter
- Randstad - Financial Services
- Location
-
England, London
London (Central)London (Greater)
- Salary
- £60000 - £70000 per annum
- Posted
- 28 Mar 2023
- Closes
- 05 Apr 2023
- Ref
- PR-1078281
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Given this is a small, growing team there is excellent flexibility and autonomy as to how responsibilities are divided between members of the Finance team, however, specific areas of responsibility are likely to include:
The successful candidate:
Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003
Given this is a small, growing team there is excellent flexibility and autonomy as to how responsibilities are divided between members of the Finance team, however, specific areas of responsibility are likely to include:
- Prepare the revenue postings of the designated entities and reconcile the underlying balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and review monthly P&L and balance sheet reconciliations and ensure all discrepancies are resolved in a timely basis
- Implement strong financial control processes to ensure all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled each month in Blacklines on a timely basis.
- Prepare monthly accruals for Group entities for management accounts.
- Ensure all month end journals are hard posted into the finance system (SUN/Vision) and ledger, which includes approving journals raised by other members of your team.
- Review accruals, prepayments and journals prepared by junior members as part of month end.
- Provide variance analysis for actual spend vs budget/reforecast for month end reporting and management accounts.
- Liaise with the Group external auditors and regional external/internal auditors to ensure deliverables are ready for the statutory audit.
- Assist in the preparation of the statutory financial statements under IFRS for the Group and subsidiaries.
- Assist the Tax Manager in preparation the corporation tax packs of the Group and the subsidiaries (if required).
- Review Trade debtors and creditors ageing and ensure all items are resolved in a timely basis.
- Ensure the Group accounting policies are documented and in compliance with the latest Accounting Standards.
- Ensure the timely submission of ad hoc returns for the Group and its subsidiaries.
- Assist the AP Manager in first line approval for AP/purchase order system (SAP Concur Invoices and Expenses) including approving spend for the designated entities.
- Support the FP&A team in setting up opex and cash forecasting for Group entities
- Provide cover colleagues in their absence.
- Other ad-hoc tasks and projects as required
The successful candidate:
- ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualified.
- Strong financial control and/or audit experience.
- Prior experience in Financial Services is essential, specifically in FX Brokerage or Exchange is desirable.
- Experience with automated balance sheet reconciliations, preferably using Blackline.
- Prior experience of managing other members of the team.
- Ensure sound control over the financial data across the group, including reviewing work of the accounts assistant where necessary
- Well, acquainted with Microsoft suite of products and proficient in Excel (data connections, VBA/ design and edit macros)
- Working knowledge if SunSystems and SAP Invoices is desirable.
Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003
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