General Ledger Accountant
Location
Watford, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
General Ledger Accountant Watford, Hertfordshire Medivet Support Centre Full Time, Permanent Apply now
Prepare and account for all Operations related P&L and Balance sheet entries in accordance with IFRS and accounting policies and ensure regular reviews and analysis of revenue/COGs related variances – also selection of overhead accounts as required.
- Preparing monthly financial accounts to OneStream upload
- Identify need for adjusting journals recommend correct accounting treatment for unusual transactions
- Regular reviews and analysis of related budget & Forecast variances
- Provision of analysis for current month revenue & expenditure potential exceptional treatment requirements.
- Review of site level P+L’s to ensure completeness and accuracy of revenue
- Collaborate with the Group Financial Controller with year-end audit procedures – responsible for all revenue/cogs deliverables
- Collaborate with Business Controllers on financial queries pre-MEC review of balance sheet variances >2%, and provide Quarterly Variance Analysis & narrative – and lead discussions on forecast based on Balance Sheet reviews.
- Completion and/or review of balance sheet reconciliation – to include high quality reconciliation files, with peer review on associated supporting documentation
- Review of balance sheet support for financial reconciliations on trade & other debtors balance sheet accounts – per TB ownership file.
- Full participation with Finance Systems project teams on developing and improving of financial models – to include scoping, draughting SOPs and UAT.
- Ensuring the day to day and long term compliance of financial procedures
- Assisting with cash flow forecasting and contribute to cost control and cost monitoring
- Drive accurate accruals processes with attention to detail for statement of unrecorded liabilities in compliance of IFR
- Assistance with quarterly and annual budgeting in coordination with FP&A team
- Calculating variance analysis – to include root cause analysis and counter-measures to anomalous entries in the accounts, remediating error
- Ensuring the day to day and long-term compliance of financial procedures
Your skills and experience
- CIMA/ACCA qualified with 10 years PQE
- Multi-site Shared Service Centre experience essential – especially on international basis
- 5 years experience of dedicated FSSC RTR function in an international environment
- Experience of consensus-based decision making.
- Experience of working across a European business within a multi-cultural environment would be a strong advantage.
- Attendance on site at month end close – from WD -7 to WD+10 mandatory
- Regular reviews and analysis of central budget variances
- >5 years working with ERP systems such as D365
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Strong experience of tax accounting & VAT accounting
- Exposure to financial reporting tools such as HFM, ESSBASE, OneStream, TM1, Trintech or Blackline highly desirable
- >5 years’ experience in an accounting compliance environment such as SOX while not essential will be highly desirable
- Demonstrable experience of reporting on balance sheet & income statement variances to exec level directors
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