Accountant

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Contract Accountant to join the Customer Management division of our large FTSE100 organisation, based in Leeds.

Role:
This role is within the Contract Accounting Team in Leeds, reporting to the Contract Accounting Manager, and will act as the main Accountant on a varied portfolio of clients.
This is a key business partnering role for Operations. The individual is responsible for client net profit reporting, analysis of reported performance against expectations and a full understanding of drivers influencing business performance.

Responsibilities:

Produce accurate and timely reporting for a small portfolio of CCM clients on a monthly basis
Ensure accurate representation of the client P&Ls, post all required ledger entries, along with reconciliations of accrued and deferred income
Review reported performance against flexed targets, and ensure that the key drivers of variances are explained
Build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business to influence financial performance and understand contract, price and cost drivers & challenge assumptions where necessary
Forecast Results:

Produce accurate forecasts of revenue, costs and margin by liaising with & challenging the Sales, Operations and Planning teams
Review forecast against Business Plan and previous forecast targets, and ensure key drivers of variances are explained;
Working Capital & billing:

Minimise Working Capital through accurate & timely billing to clients, and ensure query resolution on a timely basis
Liaise with the client to minimise and resolve queries with billing
Reporting:

Deliver monthly scheduled and ad-hoc reporting to tight deadlines
Help the Contract Accounting team in streamlining existing processes, and designing new reports and processes where necessary
Essential Experience/Skills:
Qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA), or passed papers at Fundamentals / Operational level.
Previous experience in accounting role (industry or practice).
Diligent, attention to detail, willing to challenge.
Good excel skills.
Good at communicating at all levels, with finance and non finance teams
Ability manage own workload, and meet tight reporting deadlines.
Systems Used
SAP & Axiom. Excel used extensively, along with Word & Powerpoint.
Desired Experience/Skills: SAP
Personal Attributes: Hands on and enthusiastic individual looking for career development

Please contact me for further details to work for this market-leading business services client as an Accountant, where full training will be given and long-term career progression is also on offer.