Financial Accountant Ace

*JOB TITLE* - Financial Accountant - ACE and UK

*DEPARTMENT* - Finance

*LOCATION* - Brunel Way, Segensworth

*WORKING HOURS* - Monday- Friday, 8:30-4:40

*A brighter future awaits you*

At CooperVision, we create brighter futures for our customers and employees alike, striving to make a difference and go further.

You’ll be welcomed into a growing global business with a presence in over 40 countries. This establishes an incredible opportunity for you to get involved in international collaborations across Europe, as well as the chance to report into experienced industry leaders, furthering your expertise and creating a positive impact on both our business and your career.

*What is important to us*

Recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of employees is core to our success. It helps bring different perspectives, diverse conversations, and new ideas to the table, all of which are incredibly valuable.

At CooperVision we celebrate, not only our company success, but we celebrate who we all are individually, and we embrace diversity. We support and we encourage you to bring your full self and not just part of you. We are committed to each individual and we look forward to a Brighter Future together.

*What will you be doing:*

*ACE Markets*
- *General*_
- Financial reporting in line with US GAAP, the internal control framework and Corporate Policies
- Central Shared Service point of contact for market queries
- Ownership of third-party relationships (BDO &EY) to ensure reconciliation between US and local GAAP reporting
- Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, working closely with the ACE Business Controller and AR teams
- Evaluation of current finance processes, with continuous improvement mindset, and challenge ways of working to drive reporting efficiencies
- Management of Oracle Phase 0 ad hoc projects, including but not limited to direct invoicing, aged debt reconciliations & returns processing
- Ensure adherence to regulations including US GAAP and internal controls
- Ensure documentation of financial processes for audit is reviewed quarterly
- Responsible for the legal entity budget and forecast for market and submission to Corporate
- Working with the Regional Tax & Treasury and local market finance team to assist with information required for Statutory Audits and local returns
- Working closely with Internal/External Audit to support location reviews, SOX aND year end audits
- *Reporting*_
- Lead month end review of financial results with local market to ensure accurately reflects current month activities
- Key contact for Corporate Consolidations for ACE Financial Reporting submissions
- Prepare the Financial Reporting information for Corporate, including relevant variance commentary
- Provide standardized monthly financial pack to ACE Business Controller
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations
- *Revenue*_
- Ownership of revenue reporting and reconciliations for ACE entities in collaboration with local market finance
- Review of month end revenue to ensure recognition is appropriate and in accordance with Company policy and US GAAP
- Ensure appropriate reporting of rebates and customer incentives
- Ensure appropriate quarterly revenue recognition and cut-off adjustments
- Process any necessary manual adjustments to revenue in COGNOS BI
- *OpEx*_
- Responsible for the completion of the department operating expenses for ACE market, including relevant accruals and prepayments
- Work with ACE market finance to ensure sales teams incentives and marketing activities accurately reflected
- Liaise with ACE market finance team to assess Trade Receivables position and ensure appropriate bad debt provisions are in place in accordance with Corporate policy
- Prepare monthly reporting and analysis of spend and lead meetings to review final monthly position with local market
- Complete and load headcount reporting into EPM

*UK*
- *Reporting*_
- Lead month end review of financial results for other UK entities Financial Reporting to ensure accurately reflects current month activities
- Prepare the Financial Reporting information for Corporate, including relevant variance commentary
- Key contact for Corporate Consolidations for other UK Financial Reporting submissions
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations
- Responsible for the legal entity budget and forecast and submission to Corporate for other UK entities
- *Opex*_
- Responsible for the completion of department operating expenses for specific regional and global Business Streams, including relevant accruals and prepayments
- Prepare monthly reporting and analysis of spend and lead meetings to review final monthly position with local market
- Partner with relevant business stakeholders to ensure periodic reporting accurately reflects all costs and activities
- Support the SSC Accounts Payable team to ensure appropriate coding of costs within the GL and/or cost centres where questions arise and correcting entries at source where required
- *Other*_
- Supporting continuous improvement of existing Financial Reporting processes, structures, and systems including the implementation of enabling technologies and initiatives where necessary
- Partner with key stakeholders to provide finance support for the wind-down of discontinued LCP operations
- Provide coaching, training and support to wider team members
- Complete ad-hoc requests and other duties as directed by the Financial Accounting Manager - UK

*What skills and experience should you have?*

You will bring excellence in customer service and the ability to build robust internal relationships using strong communication skills. Additionally, you will have good analytic and problem-solving skills, the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines and be self-motivated with a high degree of initiative.

Other skills/ experience include:

- A high level of computer literacy is required
- Ability to participate in a multi-cultural, multi-linguist operating environment
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office including but not limited to pivot tables and lookup functionality in Excel.
- Ideally 1-3 years’ accounting experience preferably within a large multinational company or Shared Service environment
- Experience of integrated ERP systems (e.g. Oracle R12 (preferred), SAP)
- Demonstrable ability to build internal relationships with a strong "customer service" focus
- Experience gained in a Global/US matrix managed business is highly desirable
- Experience of a matrix style organization
- Professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) required

*CooperVision values*

Our four values define and underpin our unique culture; we are _dedicated_, we are _inventive_, we are _friendly_, and we are _partners_. Becoming part of the CooperVision family means joining a friendly team that’s open, flexible, and respectful of each other’s differences, working together to achieve something great

*What we offer*

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including; 25 days holiday, pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Fareham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fareham