Reporting Accountant

Pure are delighted to be working with a Global business based in central Essex looking for a Reporting Accountant to join their shared service team. This is a great opportuniy for somebody ambitious and enthusiastic wanting to progress.
In your role as Reporting Accountant, you will be responsible for:
Reporting and Accounting:

• Ensuring all month-end processes are completed in line with group reporting deadlines.
• Reviewing and understanding the financial results for your allocated UK operations and presenting those results to finance business partners or FP&A’s.
• Reviewing P&L commentaries 
• Continuous process improvement.
• Supporting the finance business partners or FP&A’s with the annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
• Ensuring that a strong financial control environment is maintained and having a detailed understanding of all balances and material P&L variances under their control.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring open items are cleared timely; Reviewing the recs performed by peers and supporting clearance of open items.
• Assist in handling auditor queries, both internal and external.
• Link with the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable as necessary, to ensure quick resolution of issues and refinement of processes.
• Working with finance business partners or FP&A’s to understand and explain variances to budget, prior month and prior year results.

Required Skills and Experience

• Ideally holds an accounting degree from a recognised institution.
• Part chartered qualification in accounting (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in financial reporting processes and month-end procedures.
• Experience in supporting annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
• Ability to prepare and manage balance sheet reconciliations with a focus on timely clearance.
• Familiarity with assisting in handling internal and external audit queries.
• Capable of working with finance business partners or FP&A teams to understand and explain variances to budget, prior month, and prior year results.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and compliance.
• Strong knowledge of MS tools, especially MS excel.
• Experienced in using a Finance ERP system. Experience with IBM Cognos Controller, PeopleSoft or Sun Systems would be advantageous.

 This is a hybrid role with 2 days based in the office.