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