Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Global Payments
- Location
- Leicester, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 07 Apr 2021
- Closes
- 14 Apr 2021
- Ref
- 2101259576
- Job role
- Accountant, Financial accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Part qualified
About Us
We are a global leader in payments processing technology and solutions for a wide range of merchants and partners. In fact, we operate in over 30 different countries, with 22,000 staff and in the last four years, have seen our share price rise by over five times!
About the Role
This is an amazing opportunity for a part-qualified accounting professional to come and join our Accounting team in Leicester to play a vital role in supporting the Head of European Accounting. You will be responsible for accounting, reporting and review of the Ireland entity, taking ownership of the revenue generation & billing processes.
Responsibilities:
About You
What's in it for you?
Whilst the challenge and opportunity might be enough for some, we know we need to offer a little more. There is a competitive salary and bonus package, plus a generous benefits package including a range of pension, lifestyle and holiday allowances and a career path that could take you to any one of those 30 countries mentioned above!
We are a global leader in payments processing technology and solutions for a wide range of merchants and partners. In fact, we operate in over 30 different countries, with 22,000 staff and in the last four years, have seen our share price rise by over five times!
About the Role
This is an amazing opportunity for a part-qualified accounting professional to come and join our Accounting team in Leicester to play a vital role in supporting the Head of European Accounting. You will be responsible for accounting, reporting and review of the Ireland entity, taking ownership of the revenue generation & billing processes.
Responsibilities:
- Take the lead on monthly billing of merchants using the proprietary system, and be expected to develop an expertise in this area
- Manage the day to day accounting activities for the local entity, as well as overseeing related processes and controls for the business
- Produce monthly accounting journals for revenue, accrued costs and fixed assets, whilst overseeing the accounts payable entries for the business
- Prepare month end analysis to support roundtable calls, including review of business performance against prior months and explaining causes for variances
- Timely completion of assigned balance sheet reconciliations with full explanations of outstanding balances
- Responsible for accounting of treasury activity to ensure that costs and revenue are correctly recorded
- Assist and correctly account for intercompany transactions
- Undertake monthly analysis of the volume, revenue and cost results against trend, by producing monthly billing files and gaining a good understanding of customer/supplier trends
- Calculate VAT & VAT MOSS returns and manage local VAT queries from customers/suppliers
- Liaise with international colleagues in the finance and accounting departments on month end queries and the alignment of processes to ensure consistency across the group
- Liaise effectively with External and Internal Auditors regarding the year-end schedule and audit process
- Supporting the delivery of projects for change management as required for Accounting
About You
- Part qualified ACCA/CIMA
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate well with all levels of staff, including executive & senior management, and to be a team player as part of wider virtual team
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Competent in Microsoft Office, with a high level of proficiency in Excel
- Requirement to work flexibly when required
- Ability to work on own initiative and to manage own workload against tight deadlines
- Experience of card industry preferable
- Experience with Oracle accounting package preferred
What's in it for you?
Whilst the challenge and opportunity might be enough for some, we know we need to offer a little more. There is a competitive salary and bonus package, plus a generous benefits package including a range of pension, lifestyle and holiday allowances and a career path that could take you to any one of those 30 countries mentioned above!