Financial Accountant for Omega

position description

Financial Accountant

Job Purpose

To support the Financial Controller with the balance sheet reconciliations in order to ensure the management accounts are completed on a monthly basis. All activities need to be carried out accurately, diligently and within given timeframes but flexibility is expected. Issues to be flagged at the earliest opportunity to the Financial Controller.

Key Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities include:

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Reconciliation of wages, PAYE and holiday controls
• Reconcile Umbrella supplier timing difference account
• Reconciliation of sundry debtors and sundry creditors
• Review of suspense account
• Other debtor and other creditor accounts
• Review sales ledger accounts
• Review commercial finance reconciliations
• Review of sales ledger balances and ensure all items with issues are reviewed

Year-end Procedures

• P11D work to be completed plus class 1A payment
• Liaise with auditors and help put audit file together for auditors

Duties

• Manage Accounts Assistant
• Fixed Assets
• Accruals and prepayments
• Balance sheet recs
• VAT return
• GM reporting and month end reconciliations
• Safe Tempest systems - FTI's, Macros,Cognos
• Bonus calculations
• Payroll journals and reconciliations
• Month end journals
• Interco reconciliations
• Assist with management Accounts preparation
• Qatar Accounts and Payroll
• Assist with cashflow control and forecasting
• Assist with annual budget preparation
• Liaison with external auditors

Team Management

• Responsible for the Finance Team reports, their activity, performance against milestones.
• Recruitment where required within the Finance Team, including taking the necessary action to ensure a seamless operation with continuity in the event of leavers, sickness, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring the Finance team are comprehensively trained in all aspects of business practices
• Responsible for the management of all personnel including punctuality, appearance, discipline, promotion recommendation, recommendation for new staff, probation reviews, performance, staff development, PMP (or similar) setting and attainment

Further Duties

• Support the finance department in the absence of the Financial Controller
• Generation of any correspondence or literature that may be required by the financial controller, or on any occasion the Directors
• Responding to contractor requests for information, for example queries on salary calculations. An understanding of payroll plus umbrella organisations will be essential
• Additional duties as required to support the finance team

Additional

• Assist the Finance Director / Financial Controller in any special assignments/projects as requested, ensuring confidentiality at all times.

Experience and Skills:

Education and Training

• Professionally qualified as ACCA, ACA or CIMA with at least one year of industry experience. Preferably degree educated in a business or technical discipline or at the very least a high standard of education to A Level or HND level. Also strong evidence of continuing commercial training and professional development as a minimum.

Work Experience

• Previous experience gained within a similar position, ideally in a recruitment or solution sales industry company. Experience of managing a team of finance and payroll professionals, ensuring accuracy of delivery and continuous improvement.

Knowledge and Skills

• Exceptional customer service and client management skills.
• Strong sales and customer facing skills.
• Excellent man management skills with a positive and persuasive attitude.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of numeracy / literacy.
• Strong IT skills, use Microsoft suite of packages

Omega Resource Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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