Financial Accountant - project
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 25 Jan 2021
- Closes
- 01 Feb 2021
- Ref
- ACL111
- Contact
- Amy Leech
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Business Services
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Financial Accountant - projects team
Leeds
This is an opportunity to work for a prestigious professional services business in Leeds who have a glowing reputation and are known for their flexible approach to work, their warm atmosphere and the opportunities they provide for internal career progression.
The business are currently implementing a new system and this role will play a pivotal part in the reviewing, balancing, testing and reporting functionality of the implementation.
The role
- Perform VAT return testing alongside the tax rules for each transaction and location
- Test general journal workflows for general ledger entry - ensuring security roles are functioning
- Create 2 sets of books - a cash set to assist with cashflow forecasting and an accrual set of books for statutory accounts purposes
- Work with partner "payroll" team to implement partner accounting module from partner payment through to partner statements
- Work with Management Accountant to ensure Management accounts set of "books" are accurate and perform reconciliation between management and statutory accounts
- Ensure the required data/reporting is available for the Financial Control and Tax teams, working with them to convert existing schedules to new systems
- Check detailed posting from transaction through to TB for all postings
- Check multi currency functionality and conversions to TB
- Re-perform statutory accounts and balance sheet reconciliations inc FX revaluations for the business in multiple currencies and ensure they can provide required audit evidence
- Ensure working and postings are correct - through to payment of the intercompany balances
- Training finance users on the new system in relation to GL and transactional reporting etc.
- Work with Financial Control to provide the supporting audit evidence in relation to the new system and associated controls (this will follow "go - live")
Experience
- Qualified Accountant (ACA / CIMA / ACCA)
- Experience working in a finance function - with strong technical knowldge
- A good communicator happy to work across multiple different teams (both finance and non-finance) to ensure project is delivered successfully
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience working on different projects would be advantageous
- Excellent Excel skills and knowledge of different finance systems