Financial Accountant

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Financial Accountant on an initial 6-month contract. As the Financial Accountant you will work on month end close, regulatory, and financial reporting, external audit, budget and forecast preparation. This will be a very ‘hands on’ role as the company is moving all accounting activity in-house and is introducing new accounting systems.

Role: Financial Accountant
Pay: Circa £37.70 Umbrella, Circa £28.50 PAYE
Location: Farnborough
Contract: 6-months, Monday – Friday (hybrid working)
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: Baseline BPSS

Responsibilities:

• Financial and GL Accounting
• Lead month-end and year-end close process
• Preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and variance analysis
• Preparation of regulatory reporting & government statistics
• Preparation of VAT & Tax returns
• Support AP, AR & purchase order approvals processes
• Lead external audit activity
• Support accounting for US legal entity
• Support the development and documentation of business processes and accounting policies
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls

Skills / experience required:

• Proven experience as a financial accountant or similar role
• Statutory accounts/audits for an entity (Rather than FP&A experience)
• Able to play a role in setting up accounting processes from scratch
• Comfortable interpreting accounting standards
• VAT & AP experience
• Recognised UK or US Accounting qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CPA etc.)
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience with creating financial statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
• Prior experience with US GAAP reporting is desirable
• Experience using MS Dynamics or SAP is beneficial
• Previous start up/scale up experience is desirable

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Siobhan Miller at Line Up Aviation

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