Group Accountant (Treasury)

Location
Cambridge
Salary
Not specified
Posted
20 Jan 2017
Closes
27 Jan 2017
Ref
J41600
Contact
Mark Wishart
Job Title
Accountant
Category
Pharmaceutical
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
A high growth and cutting edge Cambridge based business are currently growing rapidly and due to an internal move now need to recruit a Qualified Group Accountant (Treasury). The post holder will be responsible for routine treasury activities, including related inputs into the monthly group management accounts, compiling the group short/medium term cash flow forecasting, and management of cash positioning across the Group.

Reporting to the Head of Group Financial Reporting & Treasury, the post holder will also be responsible for any related technical accounting and expected to assist in the Group statutory reporting.

The small team size requires each team member to take responsibility from an early stage and be as comfortable working independently as working in a team.

Roles & responsibilities:
• Ownership for preparing the Group's short/medium term cash flow forecast, including managing and reviewing entity cash flow submissions, increasing accuracy of forecasting and identifying and implementing improvements in the forecasting process.
• Improvement in the Group's visibility of global cash position and assistance in ad-hoc treasury analysis and problem solving as required.
• Key contact for routine banking matters on a day-to-day basis and responsibility for maintaining and identifying improvements in controls in the cash management operation and environment of the Group.
• Monitoring of the Group's outstanding currency contract commitments,
• Input into monthly group management accounts, including IAS 32/39 entries, cash reporting and reconciliation of certain other group balance sheet accounts as required.
• Ownership for one or more of the Group's corporate statutory entities, from monthly record keeping through to timely preparation and audit of the related statutory accounts.

The ideal candidate will be ACA/CA/ACCA qualified with experience gained working for an international group. You should have experience in multi-currency short/medium term cash flow forecasting, ideally at a group level, and possess strong understanding of the impact multi-currencies have on accounting. Ideally you will also have gained some exposure to group accounting and statutory account preparation.

Knowledge of banking controls, involvement in daily banking processes and experience using on-line bank systems would all be highly advantageous.

Please call to discuss this opportunity in more detail