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Accountant

Job Title: Accountant

Reports To: Financial Controller

Department: Finance

Accountant

Overview

My client is associated with the film industry.

We now have an exciting new vacancy for an Accountant to head up Management Accounting and FP&A team in fast growing Finance team.

Accountant

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Preparing monthly management accounts / reporting packs and supporting schedules for UK and European subsidiaries.
• Monthly consolidation of European companies across multiple divisions for both local and group reporting.
• Profitability and variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Preparing various balance sheet and expense accounts reconciliations for stakeholder reporting.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly project costing, recharges, capex spend and comparison to budget with variance analysis.
• Preparing cashflows for subsidiaries and consolidation at European level.
• Compiling budget information from UK and European subsidiaries and creating local and regional budgets.
• Performing feasibility analysis on CAPEX and maintaining Fixed Assets Register.
• Managing inter-company invoicing and reconciliations.
• VAT and intrastate reporting.
• Assisting in annual / interim audit process.
• Monitoring monthly financial closing process as per reporting timetable
• Assisting financial controllers in any ad-hoc reporting.
• Ensuring compliance and filing of local tax and statutory requirements like VAT filing, Corporation tax, completion statements etc.
• Ensuring compliance with financial internal controls and policies are maintained across the board.
• Identifying and driving process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports.

Accountant

Technical Skill:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with 3 years of experience / Part-Qualified accountant with over 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience of managing full production of management accounts in fast growing companies and complex business environment.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with an ability to organise and work with large volumes of data independently.
• Good understanding of the VAT and reverse charges.
• Excellent / Expert presentation and MS Excel skills.
• Experience of RTPro and Acumatica will be useful but is not essential as full training for the role will be provided.
• Experience of engaging with multi-site teams.

Accountant

Soft Skills

• Flexible and adaptable, able to respond to changing demands and can prioritise work effectively (this is a key requirement).
• Strong inter-personal, communication and influencing skills and ability to build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Confident and ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.

Accountant

Desirable Attributes

• Experience in dealing with inventory and warehouses-based business operations.
• Ability to supervise and manage teams.
• Work organisation and able to work under pressure.
• Experienced in good accounting software like SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle etc.