Financial Accountant

Job Description

Location: Trinity Buoy Wharf
Contract Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 28 June 2024
Salary: Competitive
Hours of Work: 40

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POSITION TITLE: Financial Accountant

REPORTS TO: Financial Controller

SUMMARY OF PURPOSE:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role has primary responsibility for all accounting and technical financial activities for multiple legal entities.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

Statutory and Accounting

• Preparation of quarterly management accounts;
• Preparation of books and statutory annual accounts under UK GAAP bookkeeping of three legal entities
• Lead audit process with external auditors ensuring key milestones are agreed accounts are submitted on a timely basis
• Preparation of financial statements and statutory accounts
• Review of invoice coding, journals, VAT Returns and Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Ownership of month end schedules and year end processes
• Responsible for internal audit, inclusive of testing process and controls
• Responsible for ensuring the business appropriately adopts new accounting policies, legislation and best practice
• Maintaining the statutory registers of the Company in electronic version
• Maintenance of correspondence and Company documentation
• Updates of the share register and any other register of the company
• Timely submission of Annual Filings with Companies House (annual confirmation statements, annual accounts)
• Maintain and improve systems & processes to ensure strong financial control, identify risks and implement internal controls
• Working with Group and external advisory to complete the statutory annual accounts

Tax

• Lead tax return process ensuring key milestones are agreed, tax returns are submitted on a timely basis;
• Assistance in preparation and submission of corporate income tax returns and reporting (we would work with a tax firm to be selected).
• Working with Group and external advisory to complete the VAT & corporation tax returns and input to tax planning
• Tax forecasting for both Group payment arrangement and impairment analysis
• Maintenance of tax risk register

Payments and Cash Management

• Cash flow analysis and working capital reporting.
• Treasury, prepare weekly and monthly cash forecasting schedules.
• Arrange for online bank account access;
• Agree approvals process for payment of invoices;
• Monitoring of bank accounts, preparation and follow-up of wire instructions.

Business Growth

• Financial technical support on all new business opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with Group Legal Team on financial aspects new contracts.
• Lead on funding options for new vessels, piers and infrastructure.

KEY SKILLS:

Essential:

• ACA or ACCA qualified or equivalent
• Technically minded, you must be comfortable in the detail as well as in presenting to senior management.
• Flexibility & working well under pressure are a given, as are managing conflicting priorities.
• Previous experience working in a similar position.
• Strong IT skills including Advanced MS Excel.

Desirable:

• First time or second time mover from practice.