Interim Project Accountant
- Recruiter
- Stanton House - Guildford
- Location
- England, Surrey, Woking
- Salary
- £400 - £425 per day
- Posted
- 21 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 28 Jul 2017
- Ref
- SH/5742/GE
- Contact
- Greg Edge
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Interim Project Accountant
An exciting opportunity for a technically astute Project Accountant has arisen to join a large, globally recognised FMCG business on an interim basis for initially 12 months. Based in Woking as the Project Accountant, your role will be fundamentally crucial to supporting month end consolidations tasks as well as supporting a number of ongoing projects including the implementation of IFRS 15 & IFRS 16.
- Support on all month end tasks
- Observing changes in the Financial Reporting environment, producing calculations of the effect on the business of new accounting standards.
- Ensuring that the Group is appropriately prepared and set-up to be compliant with new accounting standards (managing/leading this process) (IFRS 15 & IFRS 16)
- Support both internal and external audit activities
- Project work including contributing to the further development & standardisation of finance systems and processes.
- Lead for all process improvement across the business for month end close.
As the Financial Reporting Accountant, you will need to be a Qualified Accountant, ACA, CA, ACCA or equivalent with a very strong technical understand and experience in the interpretation of IFRS. You will need to be an analytical professional with excellent communication and influencing skills.