GFS have an exciting need for a commercial minded Assistant Accountant who brings experience of improving margins via analysis and understanding of business processes, whilst also demonstrating a clear understanding the routines and controls required to produce robust, accurate and useful financial reporting.
The ideal candidate will be part qualified or a finalist in their ACA,CIMA, or ACCA with good accounting experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Supporting Financial controller in maintaining a robust reporting environment
- Ownership of the accurate and timely recording of transactions
- Ownership of review and analysis of sales and cost of sales provisions
- Working with cost centre managers to ensure a focus performance vs budget through monthly expenditure analysis
- Reporting findings, highlighting opportunities, and developing recommendations
- Assist with project reporting and reconciliations of allocated balance sheet accounts
- Bank payment creation, posting and reconciliation
- Preparation and posting of monthly accruals and prepayments
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register and finance lease agreements
- Intercompany responsibility and reconciliation
- Credit Card posting and reconciliation
- Assist in the preparation of the year-end audit files and analysis
- Supporting a focus on cashflow management
- Other duties as required
Key skills:
- Previous experience of using ‘NetSuite’ financial software an advantage
- Demonstratable experience of commercial analysis and thinking
- Demonstratable experience of driving improvements in robust financial controls
- A confident communicator able to use initiative
- Deadline focused
- A keen eye for detail is essential alongside a talent for problem solving and analysis
- Strong Excel skills
- Part qualified or a finalist with ACA,CIMA, or ACCA.
To apply for this job email your details to faythe.ginger@gfsdeliver.com.
