Chief Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Bedfordshire, Luton
- Salary
- £65000 - £66000 per annum
- Posted
- 14 May 2018
- Closes
- 14 Jun 2018
- Ref
- 13909723/001
- Contact
- Peter Maxey
- Job role
- Chief accountant
- Sector
- Defence and military
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
Chief Financial Accountant opportunity.
Salary of £55,000 - £65,000 per annum plus benefits.
Client Details
International technology sector client at the forefront of innovation, and a company passionate about internal succession planning. Reporting into the Finance Director, the Chief Financial Accountant will manage all financial accounting activities within the business' UK entity, including setting up adequate internal controls, ruling analytical standards, managing credit control and various other responsibilities.
Description
You will:
- Lead the month end process
- Management of Shared Services relationship (AP/AR/Fixed Assets/Intercos)
- Posting journals in SAP
- Ensure correct accounting for all prepayments and accruals
- Completion of accurate and timely Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Ensure Intercompany reconciliations are carried out & logged.
- Responsible for the reporting of Actuals & Forecasts on a monthly & quarterly basis.
Profile
- Qualified ACA Accountant with minimum 5-10 years or equivalent
- Experience of group reporting requirements and legal entity integrations
- Strong management skills
- Must be computer literate, advanced Excel, experience of SAP an advantage
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with Finance and Non-Finance people
- Must be able to work in a team environment, to learn quickly and to be proactive
- Has the ability to plan and prioritise tasks effectively to meet deadlines
- Implement and support continuous improvement within Finance and across the site
- Influencing others, predominantly through data and rational argument
- Comfortable presenting financial data to colleagues and auditors
- Ability to consider ways in which to make improvements on existing methods
Job Offer
Salary of up to £65,000 per annum plus strong benefits package.