Financial Accountant (Maternity Cover)
Financial Accountant (Maternity Cover)
Financial Accountant (Maternity Cover)
Join our Finance team in this exciting maternity cover opportunity. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and account reconciliations, while supporting audit and compliance activities. This is a varied and hands-on role, offering the opportunity to make a real impact within a busy and dynamic business environment.
About this role
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and post monthly financial journals.
Complete month-end and year-end accounts for two group companies.
Analyse financial performance, including budget, forecast and prior year variances.
Reconcile key balance sheet accounts, purchase ledger and GRNI.
Process accruals and foreign exchange calculations.
Manage the sales rebate process.
Prepare statutory and regulatory submissions, including Packaging Tax and IPR returns.
Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities.
Assist with the annual external audit and other finance projects.
A full job description is available to download.
What you will need
Required criteria
- Hold or working towards a recognised accountancy qualification.
- At least 1 years recent & relevant experience.
- Experience of monthly reconciliations.
- Working knowledge of windows based software including excel spreadsheets.
- Excellent written and oral communication, time management & organisational skills.
Desired criteria
- Experience of Microsoft Dynamics and PowerBI.
- An honours degree in Business Studies or Accountancy or similar Post Graduate Qualification.
- Experience of Statutory returns.
