Assistant Accountant/Analyst

Implementation and upkeep of finance systems. Supporting the wider fiance function in the use of finance reporting tools and assisting in trial balancing and other finance based duties.

Client Details

A large scale, high turnover organisation with excellent growth forecast and a reputation to match.

Description

• Improvements, maintenance and ownership of bespoke reporting and budgeting model in Microsoft Excel.

• Gathering data and production of cost centre reports using SAP and Excel.

• Point of contact for BOFC (parent's consolidation software) queries and working to improve and streamline input into this software.

• Point of contact for input queries to ONESOURCE Statutory Reporting and working to improve and streamline input into this software.

• Local support to Finance team on any queries for Excel, SAP, IT Requests, other Finance systems, and general IT support as able.

• Assisting to challenge and provide suggestions for improvements to existing Finance processes with the aim of simplifying and streamlining current practises.

• Working across all the Finance teams to find best fit solutions to issues and promoting One Team attitude.

• Investigating new technical and software solutions available after switch to new IT platform later in the year.

• Assist with developing a robust document management process in Finance and updating online resources with finalised process documents.

• Providing support and training to wider team as and when required.

Profile

• Minimum AAT / part qualified accountant

• Experience of taking accounts to trial balance and familiar with management accounts (Full P&L, balance sheet & cash flow)

• Very strong excel skills, comfortable with macro's & VBA programming, and complex formula within excel; indirect, index match, lookups & pivots etc

• Experience of designing and implementing excel solutions from a set of requirements

• Strong general IT skills, comfortable with learning new systems

• Knowledge of SAP is desirable

• Good time management skills

• Experience of working with and prioritising concurrent requests

• Willing to challenge existing processes and suggest improvements

• Experience of working within a team/office environment

• Evidence of working autonomously / can manage own workload

• Strong numerical and analytical skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Act with complete integrity and confidentiality

• Committed to continuous improvement and development of skills and knowledge

Job Offer

An excellent salary and the potential to go perm for the right candidate.