Financial Accountant

We have a permanent opportunity here at Dalkia UK for a Financial Accountant to join our team in Birmingham Business Park.

This role will efficiently and accurately manage financial accounting & reporting for Dalkia Facilities. You will execute on key responsibilities and accountabilities listed below which will support Dalkia in maintaining its market-leading status within the industry.

The Role

• Ensuring accuracy of the trial balance including revenue recognition, provisioning, accruals, prepayments, fixed asset depreciation and journal entries in line with applicable accounting standards
• Preparation of Dalkia Facilities monthly management accounts comprising income statement, balance sheet and cash flows (including appropriate variance analysis) in line with Group timetables
• Preparation of annual Budgeting and Forecasting activities including income statement, balance sheet and cash flow projections in line with Group timetables
• Preparation of monthly board packs and quarterly 'Performance Review' documents (board level); undertaking reviews with stakeholders as appropriate
• IFRS16 reporting to Group
• Management of Intercompany reporting
• Annual Statutory Accounts for 4 legal entities
• Manage the year-end audit process for all legal entities
• Undertake reviews and publish of company-wide policies and procedures to support financial processes and controls, challenging the norms to ensure best practise.
• Complete comprehensive balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis
• Supporting with capex investment appraisals
• Posting of Payroll and reconciling associated control accounts
• Overhead reporting, liaising with key management to assess variances to budget
• Ensuring documentation is in place for internal controls and assisting with the preparation of Senior Accounting Officer ('SAO') return documentation
• Working with various departments and supporting the business with ad-hoc costing and financial support where required
• Performance Management of Assistant Accountant
• Other ad-hoc duties as required by the Financial Controller

Hours of Work

• Monday to Friday, 8.45am – 4.45pm, 37.5 hours per week

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, plus option to purchase an additional 5 days leave every year
• Pension with matched contributions between 6-8%
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance Single Cover on completion of 12 month' service, with the opportunity to pay for additional cover for partner/dependants
• Flexible Benefits Scheme – including eye care voucher, store discounts for major retailers, salary sacrifice electric car vehicle lease scheme, personal IT equipment loans, impartial financial/savings guidance
• Access to wellbeing programmes
• Company Sick Pay
• Employee recognition programmes which reward exceptional achievements
• Employee Referral bonus with generous bonuses for 'referring a friend'
• The opportunity to use one working day per year volunteering to help the local community
• Employee Assistance Programme - free, confidential 24/7 365 support on all lifestyle matters

Qualifications and Experience Required

Essential

• You will be a qualified accountant, part of a recognised accounting body either ACA or ACCA (ideally having worked within in industry previously).
• Experience of statutory reporting, management accounting, balance sheet reconciliations
• Highly proficient in MS Excel and MS Powerpoint
• An individual with a passion, commitment and desire to succeed. Highly motivated and detail oriented with excellent communication, stakeholder management skills, computer and organisational skills
• Someone who flourishes working with people to find innovative new solutions
• Ability to prioritise and follow through in a fast-paced, multitask environment
• Ability to work well under time constraints

Desirable

• Previous experience in a large-scale organisation
• Previous experience in a finance role within the construction/ facility management sector
• Prior exposure to tax returns, other statutory returns & year-end reporting
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Business Central ERP

If you don't have all the qualifications, we would still love to hear from you. We can provide our own tailored training and development programs and access to learning tools to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our environment.

At Dalkia, we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We ensure that every applicant is treated fairly and respectfully throughout our selection process. If you require any adjustments, please inform us in confidence. Our talent acquisition team is here to assist you