Part Qualified Financial Accountant
Job Description
Reporting to the Manager UK & HQ Financial Accounting, this individual is responsible for providing financial accounting services to the business and meeting UK statutory reporting requirements.
Main Responsibilities:
Prepare statutory accounts with supporting schedules and documentation to meet external audit requirements. Liaise directly with company auditors and coordinate responses to audit testing. Post UK GAAP adjustments into unconsolidated companies in SAP.
Participate in the year-end SOX control audits, prepare supporting schedules and analysis, and answer queries from KPMG as they arise. Coordinate responses and requests for documentation from the wider Europe business.
Ensure timely and accurate internal monthly corporate reporting to our headquarters in the US. Examples includes Legal reserve, Environmental reserve and JV analysis reports.
Perform month end close activities as assigned, including accruals and amortisations, loyalty scheme accounting, intercompany settlements, intercompany & fuel voucher invoicing, office rentals, currency revaluations, joint venture accounting and other ad hoc journals.
Undertake monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, complete by end of month and to the required standard, ensure open items are followed up and cleared on a timely basis.
Critically review accounting entries in SAP and overall account balance variances on a monthly basis, to ensure overall integrity of the data in SAP. Review lease accounting entries monthly.
Perform ad hoc statutory and analytical work to support Manager UK & HQ Accounting.
Qualifications and Competencies:
* Educated to degree level
* Studying for a financial accounting qualification such as ACCA.
* Experience of financial accounting and statutory reporting under FRS102.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skills.
* Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks concurrently, manage own time and meet all deadlines. Experience working in high pressured environment.
* Intermediate user of Excel & SAP. Experience using Thomson Reuters OneSource Accounts Production software preferred but not essential.
* Demonstrate integrity, a strong work ethic and a sense of urgency in executing and completing tasks.
* Constantly challenge self to find simpler and better ways to do things. Strip out unnecessary complexity. Leverages technology to improve reporting and controls.
