Location: Leeds (Hybrid)Contract Type: 3 months FTCHours: Full-Time
About the RoleMarks Sattin are delighted to be working along an excellent oragnisation who are looking for a Financial Accountant to join the business on a 3 months FTC basis.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Finance Manager, the primary purpose of the role is to provide accounting support across a range of responsibilities, delivering accurate accounting reports in a timely and reliable manner.
- Take ownership for aspects of management reporting and balance sheet controls, taking 'end to end' responsibility for certain quarterly/Year end activities
- Creating process improvements, suggesting changes to enhance the control environment and improve decision making insight
- Provision of reliable quarterly management accounts for the UK group and the Belgian branch.
- Compilation of annual TB and financial statements for the UK group and the Belgian branch, ready for both Finance Manager's review and subsequent external audit, ensuring accuracy and complete analysis.
- Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts for the UK group and other EMEA offices,, as well as other key accounts including distributions and payroll costs.
- Preparation of quarterly UK VAT returns and the associated "net-down" journal.
- Assistance with provision of data to external statutory auditors in UK during the audit.
- Preparation and delivery of various regular reports to internal stakeholders.
- Preparation/input of various monthly journals for month-end routine.
- Calculation and billing of certain shared overhead costs to fellow group entities.
- Co-authorisation within banking portals of office and client payments, with the latter in compliance with SAR.
Key Skills, Attributes And Experience
- Clear and concise communications skills, both verbal and written
- Significant experience in similar accounting roles.
- Solid, demonstrable skill in the technical aspects of accounting procedure
- Ambitious / Pro-active - delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement
- Strong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.
- Strong analytical skills
- Highly computer literate; competent in using excel and complex accounting systems; capacity to learn other applications.
If this role is of interest, please apply!
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