We are currently seeking a full-time Financial Accountant to work within our busy accounts team.

Your main responsibilities will be:
Create and review the monthly accounts from relevant region as allocated (P&L, Balance Sheet and KPIs): sales ledger, purchase ledger, nominal ledger, accounts reconciliation. Analyse and report on discrepancies, ensuring 100% accuracy and integrity of information to be presented at board meetings
Develop cashflow and P&L forecasting and re-forecasting of budget
Budgeting, Analysis of deviations
Ensure financial compliance with HMRC and Audit
Assist with cost saving and shared service initiatives

Monitor key assets and liabilities to help drive improvements to the balance sheet and business as a whole
Monthly reports with suggested improvements on budgets deviations.
Responsible for ensuring monthly balance sheet reconciliations are completed, and any issues addressed
Work closely with and coordinate the accounts teams to ensure accurate, detailed and coherent performance reporting
Highlight areas for improvement in the above
Processing of month end journals, accruals and prepayments
Daily management of cash flow, and inter-account transfers as required
Monitoring of contract income, and assist in dealing with any issues arising
Ad-hoc reporting both internally and externally
Assist in preparation in advance for annual external audit, as well as dealing with auditors in person

The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator, with generalist experience within an Accounts setting.

They must be proactive and lead by example, support the accounting team as required. This is a full and varied role