Senior Financial and Reporting Accountant

Senior Financial and Reporting Accountant

6 month contract

Search is delighted to bring to the market a new Senior Financial and Reporting Accountant role working with our client in the pharmaceutical industry based in Liverpool.

The role is part of the Account to Report team and is responsible for Financial Accounting for one or more Entity todeliver accurate and timely execution of Financial Accounting activities.

This role will perform complex transactions and statutory reporting across the set of entity codes. It also includessupport for projects and continuous improvement and liaising with Finance Business Partners for escalations.

Duties include: Prepare and post recurring and standard manual journals, including intercompany entries and topsideFinanceCore journals. Prepare and post accruals and reclassification entries Perform reconciliations, including IC/IG sales and COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) confirmations andreconciliations. Identify reconciliation issues between SAP and FinanceCore and resolve any issues Process allocations incl. payroll costs and WBS elements based of monthly timesheets, wages & salaries accounting, share-based calculations. Support preparation of entity budgets and forecasts including Profit & Loss, Balance sheet and cashflowstatement. Prepare and load data from the budgeting & planning tool to the consolidation system for all legal entities. Analyse and report on variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts for balance sheets and cash flow. Prepare preliminary local statutory reports including Trade Creditors reporting, includingcommentary for operating cashflow preparation and calculation and entry of statutory adjustments. Process manual settlements in SAP (outside of RPA process). Complete IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) adjustment calculations and share withControlling & Reporting for review. Support for internal and external audit requests

The ideal candidate will have: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree in relatedfield or professional certification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CMA) Operated at a senior level within Accountancy & Finance

 Experience in global scientific/pharmaceutical industry is desirable but not essential.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age