Accountant

Your Key Responsibilities

• Specialist support in all areas of Accounting Tax and Treasury
• The main accounting duties include supporting the month end closing, annual statutory accounts, general ledger reconciliations and journals, bank reconciliations, expense processing and recharges.
• Responsible for all tax reporting including via the Global Tax Centre, and filing and reporting corporation tax (current and deferred), VAT and other taxes.
• Supporting the Treasury function including liquidity reporting and cashflow planning and forecasting (short mid and long term).
• Responsible for reviewing UK credit control and liaising with the Financial Shared Service Centre. 
• Ability to cover for all other areas of Finance during staff absence.

Your Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent; Part qualified accountant desirable.
• Background ideally with tax experience.
• Approximately 3 years’ experience is needed to perform the job at a competent level.
• Experience of working in a multi-site environment (desirable).
• Experienced in working under own initiative, demonstrating an ability to set & meet personal targets, combined with the flexibility to adjust to workload priorities to take account of new deadlines.
• Interpersonal and communication skills and a commitment to customer service.
• Awareness of wider Company issues and relevant legislation. Required to keep informed of changes in legislation and departmental policy to deliver correct advice.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload, maintain confidentiality, and produce/process documents accurately.
• IT knowledge, including e-mail, Excel, Word, Power-point, SAP or other ERP system.
• Communication skills to deal effectively with third parties.
• Ability to handle & deal with difficult situations confidently & appropriately
• A flexible, forward-thinking approach to work, along with the ability to work as part of a team.
• Other duties as are reasonably commensurate with the grade and level of the post.