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SalaryAssistant Financial Accountant
Contract: Controls, Risk and Transformation
Location: National
Hours of work: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Financial Accountant to be part of the UK&I Controlling function, a dynamic team incorporating controls and assurance, financial reporting and accounting services. These roles focus on balance sheet control and income statement management and analysis.
Job Description
As the Assistant Financial Accountant you will be integral in supporting the Financial Accountant in implementing improvements in processes and procedures and help drive efficiencies in cost management.
Key Responsibilities
- Work within a robust internal financial controls framework, completing Controls Self-Assessments, ensuring control procedures are adhered to and Financial Controls recommendations are implemented
- Completion of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring compliance with the UK&I reconciliation requirements
- Run open purchase order report weekly and review all open orders keeping aged POs to a minimum
- Balance sheet control activities, including preparation of prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, contract receivables, provisions
- Income Statement control activities, including analytical review procedures, customer profitability analysis, payroll review, overhead management
- Working with the Financial Accountant to implement financial controls, processes and efficiency improvements across the finance function
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
- Studying towards an accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or desire to consider a professional qualification
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a real team player
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Exercise good judgement
- Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Intermediate Excel skills essential, knowledge of Navision and/or OneStream an advantage
