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Group Financial Accountant

Talentedge
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£80,000 - £96,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • My client, an energy trading business based in the city, is seeking a Group Financial Accountant to join their team during a period of unprecedented growth.
  • The role requires a qualified accountant with at least 5 years of post-qualification experience and offers a competitive salary.
  • The Group Financial Accountant will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of corporate balances and performing balance sheet and PnL integrity checks.
  • Candidates with experience in commodities or trading businesses, as well as strong knowledge of IFRS and MS Excel, will be preferred.
  • This position is office-based for 3 out of 5 days and involves leading efficiency projects and supporting various finance teams.

My client - an_ENERGY TRADING_business based in the_CITY_is seeking a_GROUP FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT_to join them whilst they experience unprecedented growth!

PLEASE NOTE - This role is based in the office for 3 out of 5 days

ABOUT THE JOB

The Group Financial Accountant will assume the responsibility and accountability for the integrity of the relevant corporate balances that form the books and records at a General Ledger (GL) account split by profit centre or cost centre level.

The Group Financial Accountant role also includes significant control activities required to support that reporting. This includes performing Balance Sheet and PnL integrity checks.

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all accounts are reconciled and substantiated, informing end users of legal entity data that all control and substantiation processes have been completed, and performing intra-month checks to ensure that activities are correctly captured in the underlying books and records of each legal entity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • For set entities, responsible for month-end accounting and control procedures in line with month-end close processes and the Financial Control Framework.
  • Identify, design, and implement improvements to key SAP ERP processes, e.g., allocations, accruals and_reversal, FixedAssets, Intangibles, IFRS16, intercompany reconciliations and prepayments.
  • Work closely with the technical accounting team to ensure advice given is seen through to physical implementation, both for existing business activity as well as new structures taken on.
  • Support the standardisation and improvement of month-end activities for all legal entities to ensure consistency of processes and controls.
  • Lead efficiency projects to drive reduction in close timeline across the month-end process.
  • Supporting other Finance teams by acting as the key interface between the Controlling team and reporting functions. Confirming that all responsible financial data is accurate, reconciled, and complete in SAP ERP. Additionally, provide evidence that all relevant data is underpinned by rigorous governance processes and controls.
  • Ownership of sign off for relevant Profit and Loss and Balance sheet accounts using the GL Sign off tool.
  • Review working papers and results of more junior team members within the wider Trade Accounting function.
  • Support auditors as part of annual audit.

THE IDEAL PERSON

  • Qualified Accountant, with 5 years + PQ
  • Experience of a commodities or trading business would be an advantage.
  • Experience of working in an international organisation with an overseas parent company would be an advantage.
  • Strong understanding of IFRS
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Solid understanding of business processes and controls, ability to analyse and identify improvements.
  • Strong desire to learn and develop professionally and take a willingness to share expertise and develop others.
  • Strong MS Excel experience; explicitly the use and manipulation of pivot tables on often large amounts of data.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.