Senior Financial Accountant

nd off-price business model, in conjunction with the financial results.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring integrity in the accounts at location and cost centre level to support budget-holders with decision making and cost control.

• Key business partner for Commercial Finance teams, for example, to ensure a clear and collective understanding of variances to the annual budget and monthly re-forecasts.

• Budgeting, reconciliation, and re-forecasting of lease accounting costs.

• Maintenance of the Fixed Asset books whilst supporting with any queries.

• Preparation of month/quarterly balance sheet reconciliation in accordance with SOX; ensuring that all accounts owned by the team are reconciled and reviewed in a timely manner with any risks or opportunities clearly identified & communicated.

• Responsible for the preparation of local GAAP Financial Statements for legal entities; liaising with external auditors to ensure compliance with local GAAP reporting requirements.

• Supporting Managers on ad hoc continuous improvement projects, as well as supporting the statutory accounts manager on overall process planning and co-ordination.

• Take a lead role in supporting the goals and priorities of Financial Accounting.

• Responsible for an assigned Champion role within the Financial Accounting team.

• Continuous review of processes for streamlining and efficiencies.

• Supporting the development of the other team members.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

• Thorough grasp of basic closing routines / ability to ensure integrity of the general ledger in all areas of responsibility.

• Ability to drill down to appropriate level of detail, and then understand and communicate the cause of variances to budget & re-forecast.

• Ability to critically evaluate processes and oversee the execution of recommendations for improvement.

• Flexibility in approach and a willingness to go beyond the defined role.

• Ability to develop relationships across the business and at various levels.

• High level of initiative, curiosity, and drive.

• Some experience of preparing statutory accounts would be preferable.

• Experience of Oracle Financial system preferable.

You must have the legal right to work in the country you are applying to.