Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant - Supervisor

High Wycombe

Salary is DOE

SC is required

Brief

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant to join a leading multinational defence and security organisation based in High Wycombe.

What the role entails:

Some of the main duties of the Financial Accountant will include:

• Support the Manager Financial Accounting to deliver the month end close in line with the SBU timetable
• Support the Manager Financial Accounting in continuously improving the company's financial controls and processes
• Review the month end overheads, posting accruals and prepayment as required to reflect the actual cost in the period
• Prepayments - maintaining the prepayment schedule and posting the monthly journal.
• Accruals - preparing the monthly journal and processing any ad-hoc journals required for month end.
• Fixed Assets - maintaining the Fixed Asset Ledger to the Balance sheet and capital expenditure request forms
• Provide oversight to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Monitor employee timesheets completion on a weekly basis, publishing a report of outstanding timesheet and non-productive hours booked by employee/cost centre
• Ensure appropriate financial control is maintained across the business, including detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts
• Support all financial accounting activities, including the review and analysis of monthly results and disclosures
• Oversee overhead budgets ensuring cooperation with department heads to monitor progress and variances.
• Support all external and internal audit and control activities.
• Ensure that the Site adheres to the Group Operating Manual and other Group processes and guidelines.
• Maintain a balance sheet that is prudent with respect to profit accrual, depreciation and provisioning
• Maintain financial records in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and tax requirements.
• Any other duties as and when required.

What experience you need to be a Financial Accountant:

Role Requirements:

• A sound understanding of the basic accounting processes is essential with some experience of financial accounting related matters.
• The ability and desire to interpret financial information will be beneficial to the successful candidate as we are looking to develop the role further in the future.
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance in country of residence.

Qualifications/ Skills:

• Advanced degree in Accounting or Finance; professional accountancy qualification an advantage.
• Problem-solving skills are crucial to analyzing past and current performance and recommending. objectives to improve productivity and profitability
• Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
• Competent in use of Microsoft Office products.

Please note this role requires Security Clearance, the successful candidate must be a UK resident and have a valid British passport.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Financial Accountant to progress their career. If you are interested, please apply or get in touch with Alex Brooker at Gold Group on 01342 330583.

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