Financial Accountant

1 week ago

Wokingham, United Kingdom Advantage Smollan Full time
Financial Accountant - Nordics

Full Time, Permanent

Package: £65,000 + annual company bonus

Working: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Location: Winnersh - RG31 5TP (Hybrid)

Elevate Your Career with ASL Finance Team as our Financial Accountant for the Nordics
Ready to take your career to new heights as a Financial Accountant for the Nordics region? Join the dynamic Advantage Smollan (ASL) Finance Team and become an integral part of ensuring seamless, accurate, and complete month-end processes for five Nordic entities, with exciting potential for future acquisitions. Reporting directly to the Head of Group Finance Shared Services, you'll drive compliance with accounting regulations and provide vital support for key financial decisions.
Your Impactful Responsibilities
Transactional Finance:
Ownership & Accuracy: Record, reconcile, and maintain the accuracy of transactions, collaborating closely with diverse team members.Revenue Recognition: Implement controls for precise revenue recognition and guide invoicing practices.Accounts Payable: Oversee smooth accounts payable operations, ensuring accurate liability recording.Supplier Payments: Manage supplier payments to uphold cash flow controls and clear aged balances.VAT Returns: Facilitate VAT return preparation, resolve anomalies, and ensure timely filing.Payroll Accounting: Monitor payroll processes, guaranteeing accurate postings and meeting reporting standards.Accruals & Prepayments: Calculate and record costs accurately within the appropriate periods.Inter-company Reconciliations: Ensure comprehensive reconciliation of inter-company balances, resolving discrepancies promptly.Month-End Journals: Prepare and administer essential month-end journal entries.Inter-company Payments: Facilitate inter-company payments, ensuring the clearance of outstanding balances without variance.
Financial Reporting:
Monthly & Annual Reporting: Produce precise financial reports, adhering to group and regulatory guidelines.Integrity & Insights: Maintain data integrity and provide insightful analysis of P&L and balance sheet variances.Variance Explanations: Offer meaningful explanations for significant variances and potential issues to stakeholders.BPC Uploads: Prepare local ledger data for BPC uploads, ensuring accurate reporting compliance.Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Regularly review and communicate potential risks or opportunities through balance sheet reconciliations.
Regulatory Compliance and Audit:
Statutory Accounts & Compliance: Lead the preparation of statutory accounts, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements.Audit Leadership: Take charge of local entity audits, meeting deadlines and filing accounts punctually.Control Adherence: Ensure strict adherence to group policies, suggesting improvements for asset protection.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Group Accounting, Finance Services, and FBP teams.Relationship Building: Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, customers, and service providers.Local Liaison: Act as a primary point of contact for the Local Managing Director and local team.Ad Hoc Tasks: Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by senior management.
To be successful in this role you will have:
Fully qualified + experience within a corporate finance teamStrong knowledge of financial systems, processes, and regulations.Willingness to learn and document local regulations.Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.Good communication and interpersonal skills.Experience in new process implementation.Preferable experience with Marathon, Dynamics 365, and SAP BPCWhy Join Us?Competitive Package: Benefit from a competitive salary and annual company bonus.Generous Leave: 24 days annual leave (increasing annually up to 29 days) + bank holidays.Supportive Team Environment: Be part of a supportive and collaborative team.Flexible Work: Enjoy a hybrid working environment offering flexibility.Comprehensive Training: Receive full training and ongoing support to fulfil your role to the best of your potential.Career Opportunities: Access great career opportunities for growth and advancement.Additional Benefits: Medicash, enhanced sick leave, enhanced pension, enhanced paternity, maternity & adoption leave, electric car buying scheme, life assurance, Perkbox, and Taste Card.
If you're a seasoned finance professional with a passion for accuracy and compliance, we want to hear from you

Apply today and embark on an exciting career journey with us at Advantage Smollan.

Advantage Smollan is a global provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions for the world’s most successful brand owners and retailers. Leveraging its global structure, the company consistently creates and delivers industry-leading commerce solutions, enabling its customers to sell and market more effectively.

Founded in 2015, Advantage Smollan is the result of a strategic international partnership between Advantage Solutions (based in the US and listed on Nasdaq) and Global Smollan Holdings (based in South Africa). It comprises a closely integrated network of market-leading portfolio companies based predominantly in the UK and Europe.

The staff at Advantage Smollan contribute to and benefit from a highly collegiate, supportive and diverse culture. The company places people at the centre of everything it does, creating an extraordinary experience for its staff, customers and other business partners.

For more information on Advantage Smollan, please visit www.advantagesmollan.com. For more information on Advantage Solutions and Smollan, please visit www.advantagesolutions.net and www.smollan.com, respectively.

We are committed to ensuring we have an open, safe and accepting workplace that enables all our colleagues to be themselves and thrive at work. Whilst we wouldn’t claim to be perfect, we are constantly improving how we support and promote diversity within our business and our communities.

So If you want to join a company that will accept you for being you, then look no further and apply today.

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