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Accountant

  • Location: Reading
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted over 2 years ago

  • Sector: Advanced Facilities
  • Contact: Andy Williams
  • Contact Email: awilliams@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 07818 431 925
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 22 August 2021
  • Job Ref: 1036956
NRL are recruiting on behalf of a major energy / utilities business for an experienced Accountant to work on a contract basis for initially 6 months.


 
Role Responsibilities:
  • Review of material mid-month and month end journals applying knowledge of financial and management accounting, an appropriate level of judgement and communicating changes required to the Accounts Analyst
  • Review by delegation of mid-month and month end reports and communicating changes required to the Accounts Analyst
  • Support the Accounts Analyst in the preparation of supporting journal calculations for non-recurring/nonstandard and/or complex journals
  • Monitor the GA inboxes and take ownership of resolving queries from Finance and other areas of the business delegating to the Accounts Analyst where appropriate
  • Review by delegation of P&L and BS control account reconciliations using judgement to highlight and investigate key and unexpected variances providing supporting commentary when required prior to review by the Business Partner
  • Review by delegation of management reports (e.g. Flash reports, KPI, etc.) using good knowledge of the business to provide commentary at a level dictated by the Finance Manager prior to review by the Business Partner
  • Preparation of statutory technical areas with some guidance from the Finance Manager
  • Consolidation of statutory accounts sections performed by the General Accounting team into a single report for review by the Finance Manager
  • Accurate and timely processing of adjustment journals and report changes following any review
  • Review by delegation of regulatory report pro-format’s (e.g. OFCOM, OFGEN, OFWAT, ONS etc.) and communicating changes required to the Accounts Analyst
  • Review by delegation of the VAT return pro-forma prior to detailed review by Group Tax
  • Approval of capex and project budget requests following a clerical review by the Accounts Analyst
  • Review of automated fixed asset journals and the posting of manual correcting journals if required review by delegation of fixed asset and project manual journals
  • Provide technical and business specific knowledge and support to the Business Partner team during the budgeting and forecasting process as delegated by the Finance Manager Accountant – Job Profile
  • Support the Finance Manager to provide specific project related activities at the BU level, such as preparation of acquisition completion accounts, chart of account changes, requesting updates to reports as a result of new cost centres
  • Support the Finance Manager to identify initiatives and opportunities e.g. process improvements
  • Adhere to Group and BU specific policies and procedures
  • Support External and Audit activities as required, such as providing information as requested in a timely manner
  • Monitor and remediate effectiveness of controls by responding to breaches in a timely manner with guidance from the Finance Manager
  • Ensure accurate recording of transactions for tax purposes
 


Role Requirements:
  • Previous experience within a financial department
  • Commenced study / Part Qualified with a professional accounting body (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or CPA)
  • Ability to work unsupervised and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
  • Good knowledge of core financial systems and general accounting procedures
  • Awareness of current regulations including IFRS / New UK GAAP and Companies Acts an advantage
  • Proficient in MS Office applications (particularly excel)
  • Degree-level education or equivalent
  • Knowledge of SSE equivalent systems, processes and workflow technology
  • In depth knowledge of ERP software (Oracle desirable)
 

What’s in it for you:
  • Competitive hourly rate
  • Stable contract duration