Financial Accountant
Job Title: | Financial Accountant |
Location: | London |
Industry: | |
Contact Name: | Will Foster |
Contact Email: | willf@caminopartners.co.uk |
Job Published: | March 04, 2020 16:48 |
Job Description
The Company:
My client is a Global Brand Performance Agency managing over $1BN in media annually, with 1,000 employees across 25 offices in 15 countries around the World. They have 3 main hub offices being London, New York and Hong Kong to coordinate and manage their 3 core territories EMEA, US and APAC.
The role:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a bright and ambitious Financial Accountant to join a fast-growing digital marketing company that possess a portfolio of innovative, high profile brands.
Month End Reporting:
- Support production of monthly consolidated accounts - with a focus on overseas entities and inter-company transactions.
- Ownership of inter-company recharges in line with Global transfer pricing framework
- Global tax commitments being checked and handled correctly
- Review P&L and balance sheet of each entity / branch to ensure transactions are correctly recorded
- Liasing with management accountants and overseas accountants regarding queries
- Analysis and breakdown of operating costs across each country
Monthly/Quarterly Tasks:
- Ensuring a code of best practice and governance with regards to global accounting treatment
- Calculating and instructing appropriate intercompany recharges between all legal entities on a monthly basis
- Updating transfer pricing documentation
- Working alongside management accountants to review foreign companies compliance and give recommendations to FC & CFO on potential cost savings
- Monthly reporting on income and analysis of search engine spend
- Variance analysis on income and monthly P&L with informative commentary
- Operating cost reviews alongside local and 3rd party accountants
- Support corporation tax returns for UK and overseas entities
Ad-hoc tasks:
- Work with external auditors on annual basis leading intercompany & group tax testing
- Align foreign TB’s to UK templates
- Provide RFI data for sales team when requested for new biz opportunities
- Assist with new office onboarding and foreign accountant requirements
- Liasing with foreign tax offices in order to ensure compliance in foreign regions
- Aiding management accountants when required
Skill Requirements:
- Consolidation experience involving foreign companies essential
- Experience of working on group consolidations & involvement in audit process
- Part qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)
- Advanced excel. Must be able to handle large volumes of data from accounts system and interpret this data in excel
- Ideally have experience working in a client service industry, preferably media / digital
- Sage 200 and / or Sage Intacct experience preferred.
- Excellent time management skills
- Good communications skills as the role will involve speaking to various external accountants in regions where we are based
- Team player able to understand the bigger picture but also prepared to get into the detail to get the job done
- Excellent attention to detail and presentation
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