Finance and Accounting Senior Analyst

Responsibilities

• Help lead and coach a team in the preparation of monthly analytical review on P&L, Dashboard and Balance Sheet including variance explanation.
• Month end review of journals to ensure US and local GAAP (UK/Ireland) compliance and working with local leads to understand business events.
• Preparation and review of the Balance Sheet report on a monthly basis.
• Ensure integrity and completeness of financial records and provide sign-off on SOX and internal financial controls.
• Provide accounting support to the Specialist including responses to ad hoc requests.
• Provide reporting to management on issues, statistics, metrics and projects.
• Involvement in setting up and improving accounting processes with a view to making them more efficient.
• Ability to multi task and provide cross team support as required.
• Become a point of contact for the UKI Finance community.
• Quarter End reporting to Global Controllership.
• Develop the team’s knowledge of tools and applications in support of General Ledger processing and of Accenture's business.
• Meet key reporting deadlines on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Maximise team performance through target management and motivation.

Qualifications

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles
• Analytical and computer skills, preferably MS Office
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Positive attitude and flexibility
• Customer focused
• Sense of responsibility, ownership, initiative and high quality work standards
• Strong team working skills
• Fluency in English is required
• Prior experience of SAP an advantage

Qualifications/Experience

• Professional accountancy part qualification – preferably ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA
• Min. 2+ years experience in an accounting environment, preferably in a practice environment.

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