Financial Accountant

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Job Title: Financial Accountant

Are you a Financial Accountant, looking for a fresh start? We are looking for a Financial Accountant to join our client's dynamic team.

The position is hybrid and will require the ability to travel for business trips.

About your new role:

• Supporting the Regional Financial Controller with month-end reporting to the company including, preparation of monthly management accounts, monthly trading commentary and monthly checklists within the reporting deadlines.
• Supporting the Regional Financial Controller in preparation of annual financial statements and related schedules.
• Co-ordinating with auditors (both internal and external) to ensure a smooth and efficient audit process.
• Management of the month-end close process, including co-ordination with other members of the finance team to ensure timely completion of month-end tasks.
• Ensuring that all key month-end reconciliations have been performed by the appropriate team member and reviewed by an appropriate supervisor.
• Ensuring that a comprehensive month-end folder is prepared each month, containing all key month-end reconciliations, and supporting schedules for key balance sheet accounts.
• Supporting the Norwegian team with weekly and quarterly forecasts and annual budget process.

Systems and reporting

• Develop and implement automated solutions to streamline financial reporting and data analysis processes.
• Work with the BI team to create financial reports and dashboards to enhance reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

Overhead Management and Reporting

• Collaborate with the Accounts Payable team to ensure that invoices are posted to the appropriate nominal ledgers and profit centres (site-level, network-level, central).
• Responsibility for month-end overhead accruals process, working with the Regional Financial Controller to develop and maintain the monthly overhead reporting in the in-house system.

Property, Plant and Equipment

• Overseeing the maintenance of a detailed fixed asset register for the business.
• Ensuring that assets are capitalised in a timely manner and depreciated appropriately.
• Accounting for repairs/maintenance/upgrades.

Taxation & Local Statutory Accounting

• In conjunction with our tax advisors, ensuring that VAT, Excise Duty, Corporation Tax and other tax returns are prepared and filed within the relevant deadlines.

• Co-ordinate the completion of the Norwegian Financial statements with local auditors and advisors

Risk & Controls / Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all financial control requirements (e.g. manual journals, key account reconciliations, etc).
• Ensure adherence to internal / Group control frameworks and participate in periodic control testing and documentation for audit readiness.

People Development / Mentoring

• Mentor and train junior team members, providing guidance and oversight on day-to-day workload.
• Support knowledge transfer to strengthen team capability and build a resilient finance team.

General

• Support the Regional Financial Controller and Finance Director on ad hoc projects as and when required.
• Co-ordination with other managers within the business for cross-cover, and for co-ordination of any tasks that impact on the financial reporting function.
• Support and develop good working relationships with the Norwegian operations teams.
• Keep up to date on relevant accounting issues that may impact on this business.

About you:

• Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA) preferable.

• Proven track record in a finance role that integrates accounting expertise with IT.
• In-depth knowledge of financial controls.
• Hands-on experience of SAP or other large ERP systems required.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (including pivot tables, formulas, and data analysis) and proficient in other Microsoft products.