Description
Role purpose:
This role is a high profile process accounting position to manage the transition from the highly complex and disjointed current manual processes to a much more streamlined and automated allocation process that will be carried out in SAP.
Reporting directly to the newly appointed Shared Service Manager the position involves liaison with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team as the details of what should & shouldn't be cross charged is worked out and put into place.
Of equal importance will be the controlled transition from the current manual process through to the new, highly automated solution.
Key responsibilities:
- Managing the Sales & General Administration charges process across all of the clients Europe & UK's subsidiaries.
- Ensuring that all other service charges such as pensions administration charges & R&D charges are applied to the appropriate service beneficiaries, both Inter-company and Intra company.
- Ensuring that all entries are passed in time so that month end cut-offs are correctly applied.
- Raising & processing invoices to the appropriate legal entities for the services provided. This processing will initially be manually based but will need to be automated.
- Liaising with the FP&A team to ensure budgeted charges are correctly applied and variances can be readily explained.
- Transitioning the above charging process to a much more simplified and automated process, controlled through SAP allocation routines.
- Highlighting areas where accounting policies and procedures are not working or are missing, resulting in ambiguity or errors in the figures.
- Helping to ensure that the clients UK Limited & Europe are, and remain, SOX compliant at all times, through the deployment of effective and efficient controls and the testing thereof.
- Providing support and assistance across the newly created Shared Service Centre team.
Experience required:
- SAP
- Good level of Excel
- Minimum part-qualified accountant
- A good understanding of Management Accounting in relation to recharges & recoveries would be extremely beneficial
Role is based in West London.
Please only apply for the role if you hold a valid UK visa, as we are NOT sponsoring visa's.