Accounting Analyst

Randstad Delivery; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is seeking an Accounting Analyst to support the EMEA Shared Service Centre. Your responsibilities will include processing intercompany transactions, assisting with month-end tasks, and ensuring quality financial information. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, fluency in English, and experience in accounts reconciliations. This role offers a competitive salary of £16.92 per hour and requires 37.5 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Experience of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong previous experience in an accounts department for a multi-national organisation.
• Awareness of internal controls and SOX.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accounting processes meet Service Level Agreements within SSC.
• Process intercompany invoices and reconcile accounts timely and accurately.
• Resolve vendor and country queries.

Skills

Fluency in written and spoken English

Advanced Excel skills

Analytical skills

Experience in accounts receivable/accounts payable

Understanding of indirect tax

Education

Graduate calibre in business/finance or equivalent

Job description

Are you having experience in accounting industry? We are currently recruiting for a Accounting Analyst.

Job Title:

Accounting Analysrt

Location:

Frimley

Duration:

Contract

Salary:

16.92 p.h

Working hours:

37.5 hours/week

ROLE SUMMARY

This is role sits in our EMEA Shared Service Centre (SSC) function. The Intercompany team excitingly supports globally the various companies. You will ensure intercompany transactions are recorded correctly in accordance with global policies. Follows up as appropriate to ensure payments are done and received in a timely manner. As well as this you'll need to resolve internal customer queries on behalf of the company, assist with month end closing and reporting also to actively support the manager, in both routine tasks and process improvements.

Responsibilities:

Ensure accounting process performs to Service Level Agreements within the SSC:

• Processing intercompany invoices, cash allocation and reconciliation for intercompany accounts on a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist with month end tasks, such as Balance sheet reconciliations, account analysis and reporting.
• Analysis of AR and AP open items, Goods Receipt Account, including monitoring and reconciling any old items.

Customer satisfaction:

• Resolving vendor and country queries. Develop relationships with global stakeholders

Quality and integrity of financial information provided by the SSC:

• Ensuring the appropriate controls are in place so financial information is kept at the highest level of quality and integrity also regional processes are consistent across the world.

Owning the accounting to reporting process:

Identification and implementation of process improvements, integration of new staff into the SSC, sharing of knowledge with SSC staff, global networking, be involved in the KPIs and drivers of the process.

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Graduate calibre ideally in business/finance or equivalent
• Experience of balance sheets reconciliations
• Strong previous experience of working within an accounts receivable/accounts payable/ accounting department for a multi-national organisation
• Advanced Excel skills
• Understanding of indirect tax
• Awareness of internal controls and SOX
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to use initiative and be proactive in anticipating challenges when they occur
• Comfortable working with colleagues of various levels and disciplines within a cross-regional organisation

If this is something that you'd be interested in please apply with your updated CV.

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.