Financial Accountant

Financial Accounting

• • Month end procedures including closure of ledgers, calculation and processing of month end journals including, but not limited to, foreign currency revaluations and accounting for forward currency contracts
• • Maintenance of certain balance sheet accounts
• • Preparation/review of balance sheet reconciliations
• • Ownership of intercompany process
• • Support monthly submissions to Group
• • Internal control processes and documentation
• • Consolidation of results for two divisions
• • Assistance with month end board pack preparation

Management Accounting

• • Ownership of the management accounts process for the Parts division of the business
• • Assistance with stock accounting for the OE division of the business
• • Assistance with calculation of provisions
• • Ownership of overhead accounting

Budgeting and Forecasting

• • Assistance with preparation of budget and 3 forecasts per year
• • Ownership of budgeting/forecasting for balance sheet and cash flow
• • Submission of budget and forecast data to

Group Sub Ledger Management

• • Ensure sales ledger operates within agreed credit limits
• • Review of sales ledger for old balances, credit balances etc
• • Monitoring of bad debt provision
• • Setting up of new suppliers on the purchase ledger
• • Review of purchase ledger for old balances, debit balances etc
• • Review of supplier statement reconciliations and GRNI reconciliation
• • Preparation of business payment and practices report

Statutory Accounting and Audit

• • Management and control of year end audit process - main day to day contact for external auditors
• • Preparation of statutory accounts from TB to sign off stage under FRS102
• • Production of year end schedules for auditors Tax Compliance
• • Preparation of year end tax pack for tax advisors
• • Calculation of year end tax journals and maintenance of control accounts
• • Liaising with tax advisors regarding corporate tax, personal tax and indirect tax as required
• • Review of quarterly VAT returns
• • Review of monthly PAYE/NIC returns
• • Transfer pricing documentation and compliance
• • PSA returns

MUST:

Two or more years’ experience of working in an accounting role for a £100m+ turnover company, ideally within manufacturing

ACA or ACCA qualified

The candidate should have experience dealing with international groups, showcasing their ability to navigate and manage cross-border interactions effectively.