Financial Accountant

Description:

A Financial Accountant is responsible for running the accounting and financial activities of an organisation. They analyse the economic stability of the company and provide financial information to other departments, enabling these departments to make budgeting and investment decisions. A Financial Accountant reports on costs, productivity, margins and company expenditures.

This Financial Accountant will be responsible for tasks such as financial reporting, forecasting, management of credit control as well as having a hands-on approach to assisting the team.

What will I be doing?

• Preparing the monthly profit and loss, and balance sheet reports
• Tax reporting and inventory processing
• Collecting and analysing data, which is then used in the preparation of weekly and monthly estimates
• Advising on estimates for project funding
• Creating KPI reports
• Preparing weekly cash flow statements, and controlling expenditure and cash flow
• Assisting with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
• Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
• Conducting internal audits such as wage reviews
• Examining financial records to check for accuracy
• Managing and training staff when necessary

Qualifications and Skills

• Part Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA) is essential and ideally with some post qualification experience
• Excellent math skills
• Experienced in bookkeeping
• Superior attention to detail
• Ability to work under high time pressure
• Experienced in MS Office
• Ability to handle and protect confidential document