- Prepare periodic management reports, including cost reports, revenue reports, cash-flow reports, and vendor/customer ledger scrutiny.
- Assist in preparing Excel-based financial statements, incorporating all required adjustments to income, costs and balance-sheet items; convert results into the group reporting currency; and respond to related queries from the Group Consolidation team.
- Maintain the intercompany loan master file.
- SAP knowledge to be able to produce accounting and financial results.
Month-End &
- Year-End Close Support
- Support the month-end and year-end close process: reviewing ledgers, investigating mismatches, and helping explicit open items before each close.
Finance Projects &
- Process Improvement
- Own or support finance-related projects end-to-end process improvements, system changes, ad hoc analysis applying structured project management to see them through to completion.
- Maintain clear, well-organised documentation so reports and projects stand up to scrutiny and are easy to hand over.
Stakeholder Communication
- Work in line with UK office hours and the UK holiday calendar.
- Communicate confidently in written and spoken English with colleagues in the London office and with external parties, as required.
- Take on any other relevant tasks as required.
Candidate Criteria
Essential
- At least five to seven years' experience in professional services (audit, an accountancy practice, or consulting), or equivalent rigour gained in a corporate reporting role.