Financial Accountant

ISS Facilities Services; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading workplace management company in London is seeking a Financial Accountant to manage financial reporting and ensure compliance with internal controls. The role involves month-end activities, audits, and providing valuable financial services. Ideal candidates will have a relevant accountancy qualification or experience and possess strong analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Chartered accountant qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical skills, able to interpret complex data.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate financial reporting and fast reconciliations.
• Manage month-end close activities and handle accruals.
• Support audits by preparing necessary financial documents.

Skills

Qualified or Part qualified/studying towards an accountancy qualification

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Education

ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Navision

OneStream

Job description

As a Financial Accountant, you will be part of the UK&I Controlling function, a dynamic team incorporating controls and assurance, financial reporting and accounting services. These roles focus on balance sheet control and income statement management and analysis.

You will be integral in supporting the Senior Financial Accountant in implementing improvements in processes and procedures and help drive efficiencies in cost management.

Job Description

You will be responsible for fulfilment of financial responsibilities across customer contracts, ensuring accounts are reported accurately and reconciled on a timely basis. You will be key in driving key financial transactional processes, with particular focus on assessing and anticipating finance-related needs and being proactive in communicating them to relevant key customer and ISS stakeholders.

Integral to this role is delivery of value-added financial services to Account Leadership and Customers that reflects the business objectives of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Work within a robust internal financial controls framework, completing Controls Self-Assessments, ensuring control procedures are adhered to and Financial Controls recommendations are implemented
• Completion of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring compliance with the UK&I reconciliation requirements, and drive accuracy in financial reporting by proactively ensuring reviewer recommendations are implemented
• Support the external audit, Group and UK&I internal audits and Financial Controls & Assurance reviews
• Perform Month-End Close cycle for all allocated accounts
• Perform Month-End Close activities, including the calculation, review and processing of all accruals, prepayments, revenue-related transactions across customer contracts.
• Support the Senior Financial Accountant in the review of Overdue Accounts Receivable, and Trade Working Capital reports and take corrective action where required.
• Assist in the investigation and explanation of deviations from Forecasts
• Run open purchase order report weekly and review all open orders keeping aged POs to a minimum
• Support Senior Financial Accountant in Key Account Managers/Directors Business Reviews and support Finance Business Partners in customer reporting activities
• Balance sheet control activities, including preparation of prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, contract receivables, provisions

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Qualified or Part qualified/ studying towards an accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent qualification by experience
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Analytical skills and the ability to interpret and pass on complex information
• Exercise good judgement and decision-making skills
• Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• The ability to work well under pressure and challenge the status quo
• Intermediate Excel skills essential, knowledge of Navision and/or OneStream an advantage

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.