Financial Reporting - Technical Accountant
- Recruiter
- Hays Accountancy and Finance
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 04 Jan 2022
- Closes
- 28 Jan 2022
- Ref
- 4130322
- Contact
- Isaac Mcelmeel
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Energy / Utilities
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Financial Reporting Technical Accountant - Up to £45,000 - Ideal for ACA moving to industry
Your new company
Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire we make sure that all 5 million people living in the region have clean safe drinking water on tap and their waste water taken away. But for us it's so much more than this.
We care passionately about the environments and communities in which we work; we always look for new innovative ways to do things that deliver great value for our business and deliver the service our customers want and expect.
Your new role
As our Technical Accountant, you will deliver an outstanding (efficient and effective) financial reporting service to the whole of the Kelda group.
In addition, the successful applicant will:
* Support delivery of the department purpose, principally by provision of financial information for management, statutory and regulatory accounting purposes
* Be a key member of a team concerned with providing a high-quality accounting and reporting service
* Ensure financial control is always maintained
* Work closely with the external auditors throughout the year to deliver timely, high quality external reporting meeting all required regulatory and legal standards
* Be a subject matter expert on IFRS, FRS, Companies Act and all other relevant disclosure requirements
* Act as a key contact for Company secretarial and legal departments in relation to financial reporting issues
* Able to deputise for Senior Technical Accountant when required
* Support the wider Financial Reporting team in creating, managing and deploying agile (flexible) resources where and when they are required to deliver team purpose, including cross training on other team roles
* Provide additional quality control over external financial reporting
* Provide technical finance input to ad hoc projects and enquiries
What you'll need to succeed
* Qualified chartered accountant, with experience of applying accounting standards in practice
* Experience of statutory reporting
* Experience of both IFRS and UK GAAP reporting including knowledge of recent changes and proposed/new changes
* Broad business knowledge
* Excellent excel skills
* Ability to develop, maintain & leverage value from an internal & external network
* Excellent communications skills, both oral & written
What you'll get in return
We are committed to attracting and developing the best people across our business. Our success relies on our ability to provide a supportive, inclusive and motivating environment where everyone has a role to play in supporting the delivery of outstanding service to our customers.
We offer excellent career opportunities to our colleagues, in an environment that is challenging and rewarding.
We are looking for highly talented people who can demonstrate an affinity with our values to help us achieve our vision of 'taking responsibility for the water environment for good'. In return, we offer a lively and diverse environment in which people can build a long and varied career, rewarded with an excellent salary and benefits package.
What you need to do now
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