Accountant

Accountant

Hatfield 50% office based

Competitive salary plus 15% bonus, 10% pension, healthcare, flexible working

This role will provide support to the Financial Reporting Manager in the performance of their duties. Whilst principally responsible for the Fixed Assets and Prepayments accounting this role will also support Financial Reporting Manager in month end reporting and year end consolidation.  Our client is looking for a qualified Accountant with practice, and audit experience.

1. Main duties/responsibilities

Financial Control Process

• Support audit as required (internal and external)

Financial Accounting

• Support Financial Reporting Manager in month end report.
• Support Financial Reporting Manager in preparation of year-end consolidation.
• Support and backup for the other Financial Accountants and Intercompany Accountant
• Support ad hoc queries from the business and affiliates.

Balance sheet control

• Provide complete and accurately reconciled balance sheet rec's related to Prepayments and Fixed Assets accounts 

Transaction Processing

• Assist the Financial Accounting team by maintaining clean accounts in SAP
• Assisting with month-end tasks (prepayments and fixed assets reconciliations)
• Collate, prepare and process recharge invoices / credit notes in SAP, with correct backup and ensure the correct approval is obtained.
• Ensuring that the UK assets are correctly recorded and appropriately safeguarded
• Filing of month-end records and the periodic archiving for the Finance records
• Fixed Asset accounting
• Liaise with internal colleagues to resolve all relevant issues
• Maintain the prepayment accounts – including the checking, releasing, posting and reconciling of the relevant accounts.
• Monthly journals posting
• Posting of Prepayments and month end Journals
• Posting of Depreciation charge monthly.
• Capitalisation of Fixed Assets and monitoring of CIP accounts
• Responsible for the creation of Internal Orders 
• Support the maintenance of the fixed asset register and update with additions as required.
• Support the periodic physical inventory counts of fixed assets.

1. Qualifications and Experience Required.

• Qualified accountant
• Big4 working experience or experience of working in an accounting environment previously a similar role.
• Competent IT skills are required, specifically Excel.
• Familiarity with accounting software such as SAP is desirable.

This is a permanent position based in Hatfield in lovely offices with great facilities. The company offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus, 10% pension, life assurance, healthcare, dental insurance, flexible working, hybrid working.