Required knowledge and experience. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline. 
• Member of one of the professional accounting bodies.
 • 2+ years of progressive controlling / planning / finance / accounting preferably in both an operational and corporate environment. 
• Knowledge / understanding and applicability of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
 • Working knowledge / familiarity with international regulations and laws on accounting and taxation. 
• Previous working experience of SAP and Tableau considered an asset and intermediate / advanced Excel skills required.
• Developed proficiency in the competencies: 
   o Collaborate for Achievement 
   o Embrace Diversity 
   o Communicate Effectively 
   o Develop Self and Others
   o Act with Entrepreneurial Drive 
Responsibilities
Financial Accounting, Reporting & Planning: 
• Prepare and analyze daily trading profit/loss reports. 
• Prepare daily broker reconciliations.
Month-End Reporting 
• Prepare and post journal entries using SAP. 
• Complete monthly journals reclassifying trade debtors and creditors, finance changes and committed inventory and bank balances.
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts at month end.
• Prepare and submit legal entity group reporting in Condor for consolidation purposes in a timely manner. 
• Prepare the overall monthly management accounts package in a timely and accurate manner, which includes trading analysis of the trading profit/loss, reconciliation of earnings before tax and review of expenses including travel and entertaining analysis. 
• Prepare fixed assets schedule and agree back to general ledger at month-end. 
• Prepare debtors and creditors analyses.
• Support digitalisation of processes to improve efficiency and enhance analytical performance. 
Year-End Reporting 
• Prepare and submit year-end Notes package for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.
 • Liaise with the external auditors during the year-end group reporting process. 
• Involvement in preparation of the statutory accounts. 
Tax Management 
• Prepare tax returns, analyse VAT (UK and foreign equivalents) and provide cost summary analysis for corporation tax purposes.
• Assist in tax-related inquiries.
Treasury 
• Assist in cash management, e.g. management of foreign exposures, in accordance with Corporate policies and procedures. 
• Respond to inquiries from the Treasury department regarding cash flow and liquidity. 
Forecasts and Budgets 
• Prepare the monthly forecasting for the revenue streams and expenses. 
• Preparation of the annual budget. 
• Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasting. 
Compliance: 
• Ensure that a robust system of internal controls exists to satisfy internal, year-end, Financial Reporting Compliance (FRS) audits and FCA regulations in a timely manner, including an update of Process Controls as and when required.
Ad-hoc Projects 
• Provide project support, assistance, and cover for other team members when and as needed. 
Work environment: 
• This position reports directly to the Finance Manager, Precious and Base Metal Services, a global business unit within the Catalysts division.
 • Under supervision, the position handles Accounting/Finance/Controlling for the assigned companies. 
Internal and external relationships  
• Interacts with local finance organizations in Tokyo, Shanghai & New Jersey and corporate departments in Ludwigshafen ab Rhein.
• Interacts frequently with all levels of the business unit, local finance organizations and corporate departments.
• Interacts with external auditors - KPMG London, and internal auditors.