Description
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Financial Accountant to join our dynamic Shared Service Centre team in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. This role involves executing critical finance processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial transactions while adhering to established procedures and controls.
The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles, exceptional attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering high-quality work. They will be a team player with excellent communication skills and a desire to learn and grow within a fast-paced shared service environment.
Responsibilities
- Execute month-end close procedures for Intercompany transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Make provisions, accruals, adjustments for bad debt, etc., to enable closing the AR-ledger for reporting.
- Make provisions, accruals, clearing of unmatched invoices, etc., to enable closing the AP-ledger for reporting.
- Close sub-ledgers, make accruals and reclassifications, regulate provisions, settle VAT, control payroll, and reconcile accounts.
- Perform month-end close activities related to Travel & Expenses, including reconciliation and reporting.
- Manage the month-end close process for Fixed Assets & Leasing, including depreciation runs and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Maintain the Fixed Assets register and prepare accurate records for Fixed Assets & Leasing, contributing to reliable financial reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Holding or pursuing a professional qualification is desirable.
- Prior experience in a finance or accounting role, preferably within a shared service centre environment.
- Prior experience working with ERP systems, specifically D365, is desirable.
- Strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles and practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills. Fluency in English is essential; proficiency in other languages, such as Spanish, German, or French, is advantageous.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Benefits
- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
- We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us, and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.