Financial Accountant (£300 a day)

Financial Accountant

Central London

£300 a day (6 months)

My client is a multi-national engineering business based in Central London and are looking for a Financial Accountant for 6 months. The role will be reporting into the chief accountant

Duties:

• Support the Chief Accountant for all Month End closing activities in compliance with company accounting policies and application of IFRS/FRS102
• Responsible for all statutory reporting and compliance issues for specific Legal Entities.
• Drive standardisation of accounting processes & recording of transactions in collaboration with Global Centre.
• Work with Business Controllers, FP&A to standardise daily, weekly and monthly reporting
• Monitor share capital development and dividends, making sure that equity and dividend payment rules are followed and are legally compliant
• Monitor cash flow development, making sure that internal long-term funding (loans/deposits) or capital adjustments are properly arranged & authorised.
• Ensure compliance with Group & International Accounting Standards and Statutory and Tax rules.
• Oversee tax compliance and support tax reviews, preparation of tax reports and tax calculations for annual group & statutory accounts (together with Tax Manager).
• Oversee compliance to statutory rules, support annual audits and prepare annual statutory accounts, notes and annual reports (incl. public announcements, if requested).
• Coordinate and facilitate on Internal Control matters, prepare companies for Internal Control visits and actively participate in Group Internal Control visits.
• Act as the main contact point towards auditors and outsourcing partners.
• Oversee and sign off reconciliations of major balance sheet accounts
• Expert understanding and application of Group Accounting policies
• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development
• Check all journal entries on a monthly basis by collecting necessary data, analysing and preparing audit trail support for the journal entries
• Work closely with other departments to ensure accruals are accurate and complete
• Conduct monthly and quarterly analysis on balance sheet and P&L accounts.
• Undertake ad-hoc reporting and analysis requested by management.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements to further streamline accounting tasks, increase efficiency and shorten month end close calendar.

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant CA/ACCA/ACA
• Can be straight out of practice or within industry
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Good systems skills including Excel