Interim Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- Hudson
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 19 Oct 2017
- Closes
- 26 Oct 2017
- Ref
- UK763347
- Contact
- Lucy Dickerson
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Media / Entertainment
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Immediate requirement for a Finance Analyst with proven experience in the Media industry to support Senior Finance Manager at a leading global media corporation to ensure integrity of financial reporting and compliance with corporate policies. We are looking for a proactive worker with a quick understanding of the business and problems who is commercially astute, highly numerate and analytical.
Role Responsibilities
- Key month end procedures
- Review of GL postings vs. accounting submodules, calculation of accruals and recharges
- Preparation & upload of journals into PeopleSoft for review and posting
- Liaison with business departments and intercompany partners to ensure correct accrual amounts, reporting variances to budget and reforecasts
- Preparation and review of monthly trial balances, profit and loss account, cashflow statement, balance sheet, DSO and supplementary submissions
- Assisting with the quarterly consolidation to Group in Hyperion
- Assisting with the investigation and analysis of monthly performance
- Reconciliation of multi-currency balances, ensuring correctness of currency revaluation and translation processes
- Liaison with the shared Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams in London
- Support the submission of VAT and PAYE returns
- Provide financial support in forecasting, budgeting processes, as well as in ad-hoc analysis if required
- Assistance in statutory and internal audits
- Support Senior Finance Manager on ad hoc projects and requests from the business
Required skill set and experience
- Highly proactive and outgoing with an inventive personality
- Substantial experience within a GL accountancy role, ideally gained in or paired with medium sized audit practice, with media or tech experience
- International company experience essential
- Strong organisational skills, with experience of managing multiple deadlines
- Proven ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure, with a strong drive to deliver
- Works well with ambiguity and changing circumstances
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly with internal and external customers
- IT literate with excellent Excel skills, and relevant accounting software skills esp. working with GL reporting and journals (ideally PeopleSoft, Hyperion)
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