Financial Accountant

European Financial Accountant

Location Huntingdon, UK 

Some Hybrid working will be offered with this role – likely 2-3 days in the office weekly

Highly Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits + Career Enhancement

Reporting to European Finance Manager

Become part of one of the fastest growing med-tech companies globally.

Due to the rapid expansion of the companies success, we have an opportunity for a highly motivated, innovative and qualified Financial Accountant with a background in reviewing and audit to join our ultra-ambitious team as we continue to disrupt the market!

As an emotionally intelligent professional with a background of understanding and responding to customers’ needs across Europe, you will use this role to join our growing business working alongside another Financial Accountant, reporting to the European Finance Manager whilst showcasing your appetite for overachievement.

This role will be shaped by the right candidate, you will be a self-starter, with an unquestionable influencing and negotiation skills, energised by a varied and fast-paced role. In return you will work with industry-leading technology, backed up by stable double-digit growth, an awesome (and modest) manager, and a creative and disruptive working environment.

Your responsibilities:

Following our International Finance department expansion, the business is searching for a high calibre, target driven, and results orientated Financial Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be assisting Finance Manager - Europe and responsible for reviewing and improving the financial statements and accounting policy in our European region.

• Review Financial Statements of EU Entities and monitoring of local finance to ensure
• deadlines are met
• Review Balance Sheet reconciliations and follow up to local finance departments with action
• points
• Assist local finance where required with statutory audit/tax inspection requirements and
• requests
• Reviewing reconciliations between statutory P/L and Tax P/L reporting and filings
• Review with European Finance Manager accounting policies and assist with improvements
• and communication processes to ensure accounting in all EU entities is consistent
• First level review and checking of tax and VAT filings and responsible to obtain approvals
• from European Finance Director and International Tax Team
• Focus on revenue recognition policy and auditing the local subsidiaries to ensure compliance
• Manage ‘In control’ platform ensuring that all financial statements/tax filings and legal entity
• documents are uploaded and correct
• Review and checking of marketing fee contract calculations and approvals
• Maintaining local agreements for marketing fee/IG loans and allocated expense recharges
• Review monthly cash flow from entities and make recommendations for inter group
• payments
• Manage employee expense system Concur (Preparing data for journals/New
• Starters/Leavers/Exception reporting/General reporting/Raising cases and reporting issues)
• First level review of all approval requests to European Finance Director (Customer credit
• requests/purchase invoices/Customer RMA/Sales arrangements etc.)
• First level review of commission plan calculations across region and obtaining appropriate
• approvals
• Timely and accurate review of monthly EU financial closing information for review with
• Finance Manager – Europe and submission to HQ . (P/L, BS reconciliations plus supporting
• reports)
• Assist in audit and reporting of company assets tracking/checking including but not limited
• to Fixed Assets and Inventory
• Review contracts and engagements providing feedback and obtaining approval from
• European Finance Director
• Close liaison with local Senior Accountants to resolve issues.
• Reviewing and advising on cost Centre accounting. Including managing new cost centre
• application process for Europe
• Reviewing and reporting AR Provision and Inventory Provision
• Ad hoc finance projects
• Ad hoc duties to support European Finance Manager

What are we looking for in you?

• Qualified/Newly Qualified Accountant with strong previous experience in an accounting role (ACCA/ACA)
• Experience in practice environment with exposure to preparation and audit of financial statements
• Highly numeric/strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced level spreadsheet skills and PC literacy.
• Strong written reporting skills.
• Confident communication skills.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Drive to continually improve processes and seek new challenges.
• Ability to work under pressure, working accurately with attention to detail, and meeting
• deadlines.
• Willingness to travel.
• Ability to be flexible.
• Preferably knowledge and professional experience of SAP