Pure are delighted to be working with a Global business in Brentwood looking for an ambitious Accounts Assistant.
This role will have responsibility for completing all month-end close processes, preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, supporting intercompany relationships and providing support to the Finance Business Partners/FP&A's. You'll leverage your experience to analyse monthly management accounts, identify cost-saving opportunities, and facilitate data-driven decision-making. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support budgeting processes and ensure compliance with company policies.
Responsibilities include:
- Ensuring all month-end processes are completed in line with group reporting deadlines.
- Reviewing P&L commentaries before distribution to sites along with post month end reviews
- Reviewing and understanding the financial results for your area and presenting those results to finance business partners or FP&A's.
- Supporting the annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
- Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring open items are cleared timely; Reviewing the recs performed by peers and supporting clearance of open items.
- Working with finance business partners to understand and explain variances to budget, prior month and prior year results.
- Supporting the control environment by ensuring documentation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual reviews
Required Skills and Experience
- Holds an accounting degree from a recognised institution. Partial chartered qualification is desirable but not mandatory.
- Experience in supporting the financial reporting processes and month-end procedures.
- Ability to prepare and manage balance sheet reconciliations.
- Experience in supporting annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
- Experience in working with finance business partners or FP&A teams is desirable.
- Strong knowledge of MS tools, especially MS excel.
- Experienced in using a Finance ERP system. Experience with IBM Cognos Controller, PeopleSoft or Sun Systems would be advantageous.