Description
We have an immediate need for an experienced Cost Accountant.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide accurate actual and rolling forecast costs for assigned departments to required deadlines
- Review monthly actuals and book accruals, prepayments and adjustments.
- Liaise with HR on open recruitment and update Hyperion workforce cube. Support the recruitment process, as required.
- Collect forecast information from Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team and update in Hyperion.
- Update and review control checks to ensure accuracy of information held in Hyperion.
- Report actual expenditure and rolling forecast costs to the FP&A team.
- Respond to queries relating to actuals and workforce rolling forecast using understanding of departmental costs.
- Highlight variance overspends requiring sign off by the Approvals Policy.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations for cost related balance sheet accounts.
- Provide cost information to International, tax and statutory reporting teams, as required.
- Maintain the authority panels in Aria from information provided by FP&A. Provide reports for annual sign off.
- Review chart of account cost related requests and initiate updates required from agreed changes.
- Build and maintain effective relationships and communication channels with Finance teams and HR.
- Continuously seek to develop and improve processes within the team and promote knowledge sharing across Finance, providing technical expertise as required.
- Maintain procedure notes in line with process improvements.
Requirements and Experience
This role is ideally suited to someone who can demonstrate the ability to:
- understand and manage tightly controlled processes with good attention to detail
- work accurately under pressure using excellent planning and organisation skills
- work well with systems and Excel
- identify problems and drive them through to resolution
- improve processes and implement change
- work as part of a mutually supportive team using strong interpersonal and communication skills
Experience required:
- Qualified accountant
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience of Hyperion and SUN
Please send your CV for immediate consideration.