Financial Accountant

1 month ago


Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom Reed Full time
Financial Accountant Job Description

Reed Finance is partnering with a leading client in Crawley to recruit a Financial Accountant to oversee the general accounting function across their European entities and support general accounting activities within the UK entity.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Month-End Close Processes: Manage and deliver month-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
  2. Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Conduct monthly balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  3. Support Audits: Support annual and interim audits, as well as internal audits, to ensure compliance and accuracy.
  4. Payroll and VAT: Post payroll information to the finance system and reconcile, as well as handle monthly and quarterly VAT submissions and accounting for European taxes.
  5. General Ledger Management: Process journals, manage freight and express job exceptions, and oversee invoice, credit note, vendor/customer onboarding, and credit approvals.
  6. Accruals and Prepayments: Review and close pre-month end freight/express jobs in line with accruals release policy, and monitor and correct general ledger coding and manage SUN system accrual and prepayment allocations.
  7. Accounts Structures: Update accounts structures & mapping as agreed with the Head of Finance (HoF).
  8. System Interface: Investigate and resolve operating system to accounting system interface failures.
  9. Leases and Fixed Assets: Maintain leases and fixed asset schedules.
  10. Reporting and Support: Provide ad-hoc reporting and cover HoF and other management accountant activities as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  1. Relevant professional accountancy qualification or part-qualified status.
  2. Demonstrable experience in a management accounting role.
  3. Experience in Freight Forwarding or a similar business is advantageous.
  4. Sound knowledge of accountancy techniques and practices.
  5. Self-motivated and disciplined with a flexible approach to working practices.
  6. Strong Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Accounting are beneficial.

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