Reporting Accountant
  • England,East of England,Essex,Brentwood
  • full-time
  • £28,000 - £33,000 per annum
Job Description:
Pure are delighted to be working with a Global business in  Brentwood looking for an ambitious Accounts Assistant.

This role will have responsibility for completing all month-end close processes, preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, supporting intercompany relationships and providing support to the Finance Business Partners/FP&A’s. You’ll leverage your experience to analyse monthly management accounts, identify cost-saving opportunities, and facilitate data-driven decision-making. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support budgeting processes and ensure compliance with company policies.

Responsibilities include:
• Ensuring all month-end processes are completed in line with group reporting deadlines.
• Reviewing P&L commentaries before distribution to sites along with post month end reviews
• Reviewing and understanding the financial results for your area and presenting those results to finance business partners or FP&A’s.
• Supporting the annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring open items are cleared timely; Reviewing the recs performed by peers and supporting clearance of open items.
• Working with finance business partners to understand and explain variances to budget, prior month and prior year results.
• Supporting the control environment by ensuring documentation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual reviews

Required Skills and Experience
• Holds an accounting degree from a recognised institution. Partial chartered qualification is desirable but not mandatory.
• Experience in supporting the financial reporting processes and month-end procedures.
• Ability to prepare and manage balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience in supporting annual budgeting and weekly forecasting processes.
• Experience in working with finance business partners or FP&A teams is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of MS tools, especially MS excel.
• Experienced in using a Finance ERP system. Experience with IBM Cognos Controller, PeopleSoft or Sun Systems would be advantageous.
Job number 1516980
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Company Details:
Pure Resourcing Solutions
Company size: 50–99 employees
Industry: Recruitment Consultancy
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