Job Title: Senior Financial Accountant
We are seeking an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled and accomplished professional with a strong background in financial accounting.
The Senior Financial Accountant will report directly to the Commercial Finance Manager and be responsible for key financial insights and commercial support to the FD and the wider business.
1. Key Responsibilities:
* Prepare full month-end and year-end accounts for 2 key trading companies and smaller group entities.
* Ensure month-end close by Day 5 and provide variance analysis to the Commercial Finance Manager (CFM).
2. Reconciliations & Reporting:
* Prepare detailed and consistent balance sheet reconciliations.
* Align management accounts to statutory accounts.
* Deliver daily, weekly, monthly financial reports timely and accurate.
* Develop the monthly management pack to support decision-making.
3. Audit, Tax, and Compliance:
* Manage the statutory audit process across regions.
* Coordinate corporation tax requirements.
* Ensure compliance with financial controls, tax regulations, and general ledger standards.
4. Business Partnering & Strategic Support:
* Act as a Finance Business Partner to internal departments and senior management.
* Help identify cost-saving and margin improvement opportunities.
* Contribute to budgeting and forecasting processes (cost perspective).
* Provide reports to help drive key business decisions.
5. Inventory & Cash Flow:
* Review inventory variances regularly.
* Attend warehouse stock audits throughout the year.
* Develop multi-currency cashflow forecasting templates.
* Ad hoc projects, reporting, and financial analysis as required.