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Senior Financial Accountant

Employer
Michael Page Finance
Location
England, London
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Jul 30, 2019

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Job Details

The Senior Financial Accountant will manage the statutory reporting for both P& L and balance sheet, with a view to report accurate and timely information.

Client Details

My client is a FTSE 100 business services company headquartered in London.

Description

  • Working with the finance team and wider business to manage and communicate the deadlines and processes required for the month end reporting.

  • Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled in a timely manner, including goods received system accruals.

  • Manage the project and capex accounting in SAP.

  • Agree the intercompany transactions and ensure these are reflected in the correct place along with preparing accruals, prepayments and other journals as required.

  • Prepare the statutory income statement and statement of financial position each month for the board pack with relevant commentary.

  • Support the control environment and suggest improvements to processes and controls where possible.

  • Review and update formal process documents (such as the delegation of authority document and ensure the system is updated to match);

  • Assist with the interim and year end audit and be the main point of contact on testing enquiries;

  • Support preparation of accounting papers for presentation at the Audit Committee

  • Prepare notes to the accounts for the Annual Report and Accounts;

  • Support with planned SAP HANA upgrade.

Profile

  • Qualified accountant (ACA preferably with first time passes)

  • Strong Excel knowledge

  • Experience of both balance sheet and P&L reporting, ideally exposure to a full set of accounts

  • Strong communicator with the ability to adapt communication style for finance or non-finance individuals

  • Pro-active and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment

Desirable

  • Experience of working with a shared service centre (accounts payable)

  • Experience of working with large data sets

  • Big 4 trained

  • Previous use of SAP accounting software

Job Offer

A highly competitive package is on offer

Company

Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.

We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.

Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.

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