Description
PQ FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - SLOUGH
Working in the Financial Accounting and Control Team, this role is responsible for all accounting and control aspects of Fixed Assets and Operational costs. This includes liaising with other parts of Finance and the wider business to accurately report the financial position and provide accounting support to the change team.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Managing all treasury aspects of the business including banking, borrowings, forecasting and reconciliations.
- Management of payment and receipts, to and from the business, including a degree of management of the offshore service partners.
- Budgeting and forecasting of treasury costs. Working with the Financial Planning Manager to understand trends and variances to forecast where required.
- Budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting to senior management of staff overhead costs, including maintenance of headcount and liaising with cost centre managers.
- Running the month end accounting process for treasury, payroll and certain operational costs, including the calculation of accruals and prepayments, the preparation and uploading of journals, production of the TB, production of reports and the articulation of results to senior management.
- Responsible for the management of the cash position of the business through short and long-term forecasting.
- Responsibility for the development, production and presentation of monthly management reports to the Financial Controller and other senior management.
- Owning all general ledger codes relating to banking and borrowings, including all postings and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Working with the business to ensure contractor purchase orders are efficiently raised, validating invoice accuracy and resolving PO and payment queries as required.
- Sales ledger and credit control ensuring invoices are correctly prepared and money collected on a timely basis including liaising with trade customers over any queries.
- Liaising with shareholders to agree and validate various monthly purchase ledger overhead and sundry recharges.
- Significant responsibility of the delivery of the annual statutory audit of specific area as well as ad hoc internal audit reviews as required.
- Keeping all process & control documentation up to date and ensuring continued improvement of controls as required.
- Assist with annual external and internal audits.
RESPONSIBILITIES/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Part qualified financial accountant or above
- Ability to analyse and interpret information effectively, and deliver effective articulation of the results
- Excellent attention to detail
- Drive and ambition to improve and evolve control processes
- Good Excel skills
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.