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Financial Accountant
- Post Date:16th May 2024
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Job Description
Location: Trinity Buoy Wharf
Contract Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 28 June 2024
Salary: Competitive
Hours of Work: 40
POSITION TITLE: Financial Accountant
REPORTS TO: Financial Controller
SUMMARY OF PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role has primary responsibility for all accounting and technical financial activities for multiple legal entities.
MAIN ACTIVITIES:
Statutory and Accounting
- Preparation of quarterly management accounts;
- Preparation of books and statutory annual accounts under UK GAAP bookkeeping of three legal entities
- Lead audit process with external auditors ensuring key milestones are agreed accounts are submitted on a timely basis
- Preparation of financial statements and statutory accounts
- Review of invoice coding, journals, VAT Returns and Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Ownership of month end schedules and year end processes
- Responsible for internal audit, inclusive of testing process and controls
- Responsible for ensuring the business appropriately adopts new accounting policies, legislation and best practice
- Maintaining the statutory registers of the Company in electronic version
- Maintenance of correspondence and Company documentation
- Updates of the share register and any other register of the company
- Timely submission of Annual Filings with Companies House (annual confirmation statements, annual accounts)
- Maintain and improve systems & processes to ensure strong financial control, identify risks and implement internal controls
- Working with Group and external advisory to complete the statutory annual accounts
Tax
- Lead tax return process ensuring key milestones are agreed, tax returns are submitted on a timely basis;
- Assistance in preparation and submission of corporate income tax returns and reporting (we would work with a tax firm to be selected).
- Working with Group and external advisory to complete the VAT & corporation tax returns and input to tax planning
- Tax forecasting for both Group payment arrangement and impairment analysis
- Maintenance of tax risk register
Payments and Cash Management
- Cash flow analysis and working capital reporting.
- Treasury, prepare weekly and monthly cash forecasting schedules.
- Arrange for online bank account access;
- Agree approvals process for payment of invoices;
- Monitoring of bank accounts, preparation and follow-up of wire instructions.
Business Growth
- Financial technical support on all new business opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with Group Legal Team on financial aspects new contracts.
- Lead on funding options for new vessels, piers and infrastructure.
KEY SKILLS:
Essential:
- ACA or ACCA qualified or equivalent
- Technically minded, you must be comfortable in the detail as well as in presenting to senior management.
- Flexibility & working well under pressure are a given, as are managing conflicting priorities.
- Previous experience working in a similar position.
- Strong IT skills including Advanced MS Excel.
Desirable:
- First time or second time mover from practice.