Job Summary
The Financial Accounting and Reporting team manages a range of Financial Accounting and Reporting activities from balance sheet reconciliation and control through to period reporting in Hyperion across a significant number of business units/markets. SPX is US owned and therefore operates a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance environment.
The Accounting Associate roles provide the key accounting support for our Financial Accountants opposite a single or range of markets ensuring that all of the departments responsibilities are delivered efficiently and effectively.
Responsibilities:
- Support to ensure business unit/market reporting in Hyperion is delivered on time and to all control and reporting standards appropriate for the market.
- Support to ensure the reported accounts are fully understood and variance analysis is performed appropriately.
- Liaise and foster good relations with in Business Unit/Market Finance and Operational teams to ensure effective delivery of the ESSCs responsibilities.
- Prepare a range of account reconciliations and journals.
- Run a number of control processes and routines in line with our accounting timetables.
- Monitor the performance of our processes through KPIs and control checklists.
- Support the ongoing development of the control environment to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and up-to-date process documentation.
- Liaise and foster good relations with the Internal and External Audit teams.
- Work across SPX to ensure processes continuously improve and the ESSC delivers its exciting and ambitious vision.
Skills & Experience:
- Financial Accounting and Reporting processes in a large, complex organisation.
- Comfortable with a changing, fast-paced environment.
- Experience of SAP or other ERP system.
- Good working knowledge of Excel.
About SPX
SPX is a global multi-industry manufacturing leader committed to operational excellence and execution. With operations in over 35 countries with over 17,000 employees, we specialise in a diverse range of products serving various industries including power and energy, process equipment, vehicle diagnostic tools, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and oil and gas.
SPX is in the process of setting up a new EMEA Shared Service Centre in Didsbury, South Manchester. Servicing its EMEA businesses with a wide range of Finance and HR services the ESSC will become a centre for process and service excellence. This is a tremendously exciting time to be joining SPX.
How to Apply
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