Fixed Asset and Cash Flow Reporting Accountant

About the Role We require an enthusiastic Fixed Assetand Cash Flow Reporting Accountant to play an important role within the Financial Accounting team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Fixed Asset reporting for QMUL, including maintaining the Fixed Asset register, preparing the Fixed Asset notes in the financial statements and will be the main contact with the internal and external auditors for any Fixed Asset audit queries. The role includes physically verifying the existence of assets throughout the University across all campuses. The post holder will also co-ordinate the collation of financial information to prepare robust capital and operational cashflow forecasts and will be responsible for the submission of authorised payments files via bank software. About You The ideal candidate will be a qualified or part-qualified accountant with experience of Fixed Asset accounting and the preparation of Cash Flow forecasts. Candidates should possess a sound knowledge of UK Accounting Principles and have a structured and logical approach to the completion of tasks. Experience of carrying out complex balance sheet reconciliations is essential. About the Department The role is based in the Finance Department of the Professional Services Directorate and is part of the Financial Accounting Team. About Queen Mary  At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form. Benefits We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly. Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality