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Financial Accountant
October 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Financial Accountant
Gleeson Recruitment Group are supporting a rapidly growing energy infrastructure business as they enter an exciting period of expansion and investment.
Our client is seeking to add a recently qualified or newly qualified Financial Accountant to their team based in Coventry, Warwickshire. The business in question has a superb track record of developing their people in a supportive and diverse culture, the team in which this role sits in particularly provides ample opportunity for career progression and professional development.
Reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager the role will ensure that Financial Reporting processes are fit for purpose and operated in a consistent and controlled way. Forming close relationships with Specialist teams across the organisation (Pensions, Tax, Controls) and/or External specialists (Auditors, Pensions advisors etc.) the role will take accountability for the preparation of specific elements of statutory reporting and provide technical accounting advice to members of the wider Finance team.
Key responsibilities:
- Advising on the roll out of any new accounting standards. Interpreting and disseminating Group Accounting and external body guidance, establishing training and supporting processes for the rest of finance. Maintaining Accounting Policies and Manuals and providing expert accounting advice to all parts of the Business.
- Preparation of quarterly, half yearly and annual reporting to stakeholders, regulatory and statutory bodies.
- Manage the external audit process, including the external audit of financial returns submitted to regulators and the banks, resolving queries and issues raised by auditors and regulatory bodies.
- Maintaining the Consolidation module (BPC) and reporting software (Disclosure Management) to ensure the effective use of systems in our reporting processes.
- Assisting with consolidated reporting on a monthly basis, including management of the close cycle, operation of consolidation systems and related adjustments, ensuring our reporting system functionality is maximised including its use within management and regulatory reporting.
- Supporting the financial reporting team with key accounting areas including; tracking level of distributable reserves accounting for benefit pension plan, supporting treasury refinancing requirements, assisting with covenant compliance with loan documents and pension trustees and supporting the dividend payment process.
- Proactively building own knowledge of Financial Reporting, Treasury and Regulatory Reporting and its impact on the industry and business in order to support key decisions and advise and guide own business area.
- Proactively contribute to the development of a highly motivated, innovative and customer focused Finance team.
- Supporting the delivery of change across Finance and the business, embracing new ways of working and owning delivery of key outcomes to drive the improvement of long-term business capability.
- Assisting the high-quality documenting of end-to-end processes and controls to meet controls teams and Regulatory compliance requirements. Ensuring governance and internal financial control over processes are robust.
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