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The Senior Accountant is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:
- Responsible for the monthly close process of the Management Accounts; Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet. Details include; Reconciliations, Accruals, Allocations, Revenue downloads, Pre-payments, Variance Analysis and commentary in accordance with the published timetable
- Responsible for maintaining compliance with control policy and procedures within the Global Accounting team
- Ensure Balance Sheet reconciliations are completed in accordance with Balance Sheet Integrity guidelines and control frameworks
- Ensure that issues are escalated as appropriate to your Financial Controller in a timely manner.
- Responsible for Financial Reporting and Analysis including Group reporting, supplementary packs and ad-hoc requests
- Publish financial results in the relevant finance systems
- Ensure communications are handled between the SSO, Group finance and the Business Teams
- To be involved with any acquisition integration/due diligence
- Working on projects including key process testing & systems
- Working with internal and external auditors
- Analyse and solve Ad-hoc problems using knowledge of business and systems
- Embrace change and continuously seek out improvements
Qualifications & Experience
- Strong academic background
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with experience of leading an R2R team within a large finance function
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of all R2R processes including best practice in R2R, people, processes and technology
- Confident in how to lead and guide a team through challenging periods.
- Be able to manage competing priorities and achieving deadlines, whilst delivering a high standard of work and supporting the team as and when needed.
- Solid at building relationships with stakeholders within and outside of the organisation.
- Evidence of making decisions at the right time based on the information available.
- Good presentation skills
Skills & Abilities
- Good communication skills with the ability to build good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, internal departments and key contacts
- Proficient skills in Excel, Word and Outlook are essential, and SAP experience is desirable
- Remain approachable under pressure
- Act with integrity, tact and diplomacy
- Work as part of a team
- Ability to complete a variety of related tasks
- Pro-actively solve problems
- Excellent Customer Service skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to be flexible within role
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Organised, diligent with attention to detail
Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
