Senior Financial Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Lead the accounting for certain companies including monthly and quarterly ledger entries and interactions with Controlling, Treasury, UFS and CoCC.
• Lead on certain areas of the financial statements
• Act as subject matter lead on certain processes and topics
• Represent the ABP in appropriate forums.
• Drive continuous improvement in own areas.
• Be responsible for the accounting for certain client operational sites and businesses.
• Prepare balance sheet and account reconciliations for certain companies and certain balance sheet items
• Develop strong working relationships to ensure that there is knowledge of the business and its expected developments with a view to converting this into the consequent impact on financial statements and to validate the accuracy of the statements.
• Preparation of any supplemental information required on a monthly and quarterly basis for the Centre of Competence for Consolidation.
• Ensure that information provided by the businesses is validated and challenged prior to being processed by UFS.
• Prepare statutory accounts for businesses where responsibility lies.
• Ensure that the group reporting packages are technically correct and in accordance with the client accounting manual and International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Ensure that the accounting ledgers are compliant with UK tax requirements (Corporation tax, VAT, PAYE etc).
• Liaise with external audit to fully support audits.

• A degree or equivalent level qualification.
• Strong IT skills and IT literate, with Excel being a prerequisite.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong working relationships.
• Flexibility to work to tight timescales.
• A relevant professional accounting qualification (fully/partly qualified)