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Accountant

Robert Half
Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8 6DF, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job requires preparing financial statements, conducting inventory reconciliations, and supporting financial decision-making across departments.
  • Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of experience and be part qualified or newly qualified in CIMA/ACCA or a similar field.
  • The role involves monitoring budgets, analyzing financial performance, and contributing to business planning and forecasts.
  • Excellent communication skills and proficiency in Excel, Outlook, and Word are essential, along with a strong attention to detail.
  • Salary rates depend on experience and qualifications, with the potential for a competitive pay structure.

Job Description

Role Responsibilities

  • Preparing periodic financial statements, including departmental analysis, forecasts, budgets, cash analysis, variance analysis and commentaries
  • Inventory reconciliations, raw materials, finished goods & WIP
  • Standard cost reviews
  • Intercompany reconciliations
  • Providing a support service by working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions. This will include preparation work on acquisition requests (Capex)
  • Ensuring spending is kept in line with the budget (monitoring)
  • Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions (OPEX/CAPEX)
  • Analysing financial performance and contributing to medium and long-term business planning/forecasts
  • Interpreting and communicating financial data to non-financial managers
  • Liaising with other function managers to put the finances and accounts in context
  • Monitoring and evaluating financial information systems and suggesting improvements where needed
  • Internal and External Audits
  • Assist and cover other roles within the Finance department where necessary (AP,AR, payroll & bank)

Role Requirements

  • Part Qualified/Newly Qualified CIMA/ACCA or similar
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience
  • Payroll Experience - Desired but not essential
  • Excellent excel skills, Outlook & Word
  • High attention to detail
  • Computer literate
  • Experience of working to tight reporting deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills essential, ability to give clear written and verbal instructions, clearly understand and explain technical and commercial issues to customers and have a good understanding of procedures and processes.
  • Highly responsible, reliable and flexible with a strong work ethic.
  • Punctual, presentable with good attendance

Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: gb/en/privacy-notice.

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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.