Staff Accountant

Staffordshire  ‐ Onsite
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JOB PURPOSE:
To independently perform staff level accounting functions that deal with accounting issues of normal complexity to support business processes and provide further experience with Caterpillar accounting practices.

JOB DUTIES:
From the outset, the Staff Accountant will be expected to be a contributing performer, performing accounting work that supports business processes. Additionally, this position will:
-develop an expanded understanding of Caterpillar's business and accounting practices, systems and  procedures;
-apply accounting knowledge
-participate on and lead teams

The incumbent will be exposed to a variety of accounting functions and will perform a high level of compilation with a broad range of analysis work. The Staff Accountant I will review clerical input, advise salaried employees and entry-level accountants, generate reports and provide related commentary. The Staff Accountant I will review and validate relevant data and data sources, analyse information and provide feedback. Incumbent works on challenging, low to medium risk issues and makes decisions and recommendations as appropriate. Work will be directed by an accounting supervisor primarily through review of progress and results.

Possible areas of responsibility are varied and of medium complexity, including:
internal management accounting, including profit centre, service centre, distribution services, strategic business, integrated manufacturing, and component business unit reporting
estimating various forecast and budget scenarios as needed based on changing business conditions
cost accounting/decision support including: normals & machine rate development, determining Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and standard cost setting and analysis
financial accounting including preparation of journal entries, financial statements, trend marginal variance analysis, and account reconciliations
development and maintenance of internal controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control documentation

Possible areas of support include:
Accountable Reporting
Cost Accounting/Decision Support
Legal Entity Reporting

Interacts with multiple functional areas and levels of authority. The Staff Accountant is capable of handling complex accounting issues such as:
reconciliation between forecasts and actual for multiple entities
interpretation of results,
inter company transactions including service charges

Allegis Group Limited and Aston Carter Limited operate Employment Businesses and Agencies and are companies within the Allegis Group Inc. group of companies, the fourth largest staffing company in the world, (collectively referred to as the "Allegis Group"). TEKsystems and Aerotek are divisions of Allegis Group Limited. Applicant data will be treated in accordance with the Allegis Group's Privacy Notice. By submitting personal data to any company or division within the Allegis Group, the applicant is providing explicit consent to the use of such data by the Allegis Group and to the transfer of such data to and from the Allegis Group companies within the UK, Europe and outside the European Economic Area in connection with the fulfilment of the applicant's voluntary requests, and the fulfilment of other job opportunities that match the applicant's profile, and confirms that they may be contacted about such job opportunities.

Start date
3rd November
Duration
10 months
From
TEKsystems
Published at
21.10.2014
Project ID:
794373
Contract type
Freelance
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