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Accountant, Financial Job Description
- Produce draft Financial statements for the audit review
- Co-ordinate Reponses to field work queries during the audit
- The timely and accurate production of monthly management accounts for a number of companies
- Monthly analysis of all costs within the business
- Preparation and review of Balance sheet reconciliations and Bank reconciliations for a number of companies
- Management Reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Cash management and treasury duties
- Assist in the preparation of weekly cash flow reports
- Stock control and analysis
- Preparation of VAT and statistical returns for all companies
- Must be well versed in working with SQL and SSRS
- Experience with Aderant and Intellitech a plus
- Qualified/part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with 3 to 5 yrs experience in a multinational environment
- Strong understanding of ERP multi-interfacing systems environment
- Provide accurate and timely group PLC IFRS statutory financial reporting, budgets and forecasting
- Credit control and collections experience an advantage
Accountant, Financial Job Description
- Swiss GAAP Reporting
- Participate in projects following auditor recommendations, helping the business to improve its internal control environment
- The associate should be able to multi task, prioritise and work under time pressure
- Thoroughly analyse & understand balance sheet to drive operating performance in the business
- Ad hoc duties set by your line manager
- Responsible for the preparation of accurate and timely year end statutory reports and financial statements
- Ensuring all month-end journals are posted accurately and to month-end deadlines
- Reconciliation of key general ledger and balance sheet accounts
- Assist in the preparation and review of monthly management accounts
- Prepare statutory accounts for individual entities within the group
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills are required - proven track record of presenting to senior management teams is required
- Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills are required
- Working knowledge and experience of Oracle or similar integrated software product is necessary
- Media industry experience is preferred, but not essential
- 1 year plus post qualified experience (will also look at newly qualified candidates)
- Must be highly motivated with an ability to take ownership and with strong attention to detail
Accountant, Financial Job Description
- Month end, quarterly and year end reporting
- Serving as an active team member through correspondence and support throughout the department
- Support external suppliers and internal partners
- Communicate with external clients and perform data analysis as needed
- Ensure and implement accuracy of the general ledger
- Ability to perform precise and intricate number documentation
- Closing monthly management accounts and subsequent reporting to Head Office
- Preparation of half year accounts schedules and full year statutory accounts
- Managing cashflow for different entities
- Preparation of Quarterly VAT return
- Strong communication with an ability to communicate effectively with senior management
- Excellent team player with an ability to work with cross functional teams
- Part / fully qualified professional accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/QBE)
- Play an active role in supporting the Reporting Team towards achieving its objectives and solving problems
- Identify internal control issues and areas for improvement and actively implement changes to increase the standards within the department
- Able and willing to dig down into the detail to obtain a good understanding practical experience of working in these areas
Accountant, Financial Job Description
- Provide oversight over the accounting for Real Estate Finance, inc. including reviewing reconciliations
- Prepare Head Office Reporting Views and Disclosures fair value, derivatives, liquidity
- Provide financial analytics and commentary
- Presentation of analytics and commentaries
- Preparing month-end Account Ownership reconciliations, and assisting other departments in their ownership responsibilities when necessary
- Control-oriented and have an ability to effectively interface with both internal and external audit as required Candidate should be
- Monitoring, reconciling and clearing, when necessary, all system generated suspense accounts for all entities
- Preparation of monthly accounts for a group of corporate entities and completion of same on Hyperion
- Completion of Balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Co-ordination of year end and liaising with Auditors to ensure sign off on accounts
- Candidate needs to be a self-starter with the ability to plan & organise work without detailed daily instruction & review
- A good command of English is essential
- Produce regular timely management accounts
- Newly qualification experience
- Qualified Accountant with 3 years post qual experience in a commercial environment
- Strong commercial outlook
Accountant, Financial Job Description
- Preparing and reviewing daily reporting, including analysis of balances from the previous day and investigation of open items
- Assisting the Financial Controller
- End of Month close, balance sheet reconciliation & commentary
- Board and external reporting
- Cash flow management & forecasting
- Audit & tax duties
- Budgeting and forecasting of treasury costs
- Significant responsibility of the delivery of the annual statutory audit of specific area ad hoc internal audit reviews as required
- Preparation of accurate monthly management accounts
- Maintain general ledger and preparation/review of trial balance
- Attention to detail and ability to work to reporting deadlines
- Knowledge of reinsurance programs
- Strong numeric and analyitical abilities
- Knowledge of Solvency requirements
- A team player with an assertive personality
- Communicating/translating these to the Business so Internal Controls