Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000

Redhill

Hybrid Position

Hours mon-thurs 8.30-5.00 Friday 8.30-4.40 (37 hour week)

Main function of job:

Developing first class internal and external financial reporting, in line with changes to financial reporting frameworks to meet our shareholder and other stakeholders needs.
Producing timely and accurate interim and annual consolidated financial statements, along with monthly management accounts and reporting.
Management accountant for the property and holding companies that this organisation has within its wider structure, producing monthly management accounts, budgeting and forecasting.

Main Duties:
External Reporting

Work with the group finance manager to provide regular review of financial accounting standards and updates, and other corporate reporting requirements that impact onto SESGH group and its subsidiaries.
Prepare and produce standalone statutory accounts for the property and holding companies within the group and to assist in the annual audit and liaise with external auditors.
Assist in preparation and production of the annual and interim financial statements for external publication and group reporting pack to our ultimate parent group.
Assist in external audit process through the year end and half year audits for group accounts and the relevant subsidiaries.
Company secretarial filing and record keeping.
Work closely with our tax advisors on corporation tax and VAT to ensure that tax is calculated, filed to and paid promptly with the HMRC.

Internal Reporting

Month end accounting for property and holding company subsidiaries including accruals, prepayments, general book-keeping and variance analysis.
Maintain schedules and prepare monthly journals to support subsidiaries team on their month-end reporting.
Production of group monthly and statutory income statement, balance sheet and cashflow.
Assist in quarterly in-year Forecasting, annual budgeting.
Maintain records of intercompany transactions and reconciliation of intercompany balances within group entities on monthly basis. Liaise with subsidiaries team to resolve variances.
Update cash forecast and provide weekly updates on cash position and liquidity requirement to senior management. Manage the loan facilities within the group.

Supervisory responsibilities / position in structure:

Requirements:

Part or fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA – strong technical background with experience of external financial reporting under IFRS, including group consolidation
Strong communication and relationship management skills, maintaining and building relationships with a variety of key stakeholders
Strong numerical and analytical skills
Ability to liaise with other teams to ensure efficient monthly processes
Experienced in the use of Microsoft Navision
Experienced in MS Excel and Word

Benefits:

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