Financial Accountant in Liverpool

This position is to backfill an existing role which was vacated through internal promotion. The role is part of the Account to Report team and is responsible for Financial Accounting for one or more entities to deliver accurate and timely execution of Financial Accounting activities.

This role will perform and review accounting transactions and own the local statutory reporting process across the set of entity codes. It also includes support for projects and continuous improvement and liaising with Finance Business Partners for escalations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and standard manual journals, including intercompany entries and topside FinanceCore journals. Approve Business Partner journals within operating system ensuring compliance to global journal policy.
• Prepare and post accruals and reclassification entries that do not require discussion or interaction with cost centre owners (e.g., utility journals, insurance expense, and payroll corrections, workers compensation & property taxes).
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including but not limited to Accruals, Prepayments, Inventory, Intergroup/Intercompany and payroll alongside month end reconciliations for IC/IG sales and COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) confirmations and reconciliations.
• Identify reconciliation issues between operating systems SAP, and FinanceCore and resolve any issues that are due to system/ transactional gaps. Including reaching out to business partners to help resolve any issues that require discussion.
• Support preparation and submission of external surveys required.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts including Profit & Loss (limited), Balance sheet and cashflow statement. Prepare and load data from the budgeting & planning tool to the consolidation system for all legal entities.
• Analyse and report on variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts for balance sheets and cash flow.
• Deliver preliminary local statutory reports including financial statements and government reporting. Be primary point of contact for all parties. Take ownership of process and associated relationships. Proactively seek guidance from reporting manager on escalations and technical topics where required, owning and delivering any changes from the feedback and support provided.
• Ensure reporting compliance and month filing of entities under IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) providing adjustment calculations and support with Controlling & Reporting for review.
• Support for internal and external audit requests, including analytical and substantive audit support for both group and local audit reporting.

Education Requirements

Part qualified or newly qualified accountant. ACCA, ACA, AT, or qualified by time and experience 5+ years.

Experience Requirements

Preferred experience working with SAP systems. Financial accounting experience operating within a global or multinational organization is highly desirable. This role is a hybrid position working 3 days per week at our office in Speke, Liverpool.