Financial Accountant

Matrix Solutions - a leading data and business intelligence company, is looking for a Financial Accountant to cover all aspects of Finance for a UK based division. Working under direct supervision of a Finance Manager the Financial Accountant will be responsible for transactional and reporting activities in finance. The company has aggressive plans for expansion via organic growth and acquisitions. Therefore, there are a lot of future opportunities for the right candidate.     

  Key duties/responsibilities:

• Calculate and post accruals, prepayments and other journals at the year/month end reporting 
• Perform  Bank and Balance Sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis 
• Responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger including daily record and payment of invoices, petty cash and intercompany transactions
• Work closely with Sales and Client Service departments to correctly record sales and assess impact on revenue recognition with determination of deferred revenue
• Maintain Fixed Asset Register
• Assist with external audit and fully manage credit control function
• Assist employees with the travel and management system and the CRM (SalesForce)
• Perform analysis on expenses and revenue as required and provide assistance to FP&A function of the company and the budgeting process
• Preparation of VAT returns and assist with National Statistics returns
• Cash flow analysis with regular reports to the Global Controller

Education and Experience: 

• Experienced accountant with circa five years of relevant experience
• Educated to a degree level/ ACCA affiliate/Newly qualified   
• Working knowledge of accounting systems, Microsoft Dynamics-Great Plains and SalesForce experience is a massive advantage
• Proficient user of Excel and MS Office generally

  Key competencies:

• Can-do attitude with a desire to learn and develop further
• Strong organisational, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to analyse financial data and to prepare accurate reports in a timely fashion
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives
• Ability to meet assigned deadlines