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Hours: Commensurate with the position of your role within the organisation, you will be required to adopt a flexible approach to the hours worked, which may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties. The basic contractual hours will be Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, 37.5 hours per week, with an unpaid lunch break of half an hour.
Reward Package
- Healthshield Cash Plan
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Bonus Scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free Parking
- Service Awards
Company
At Fraikin, our vision is simple and clear: We will enable the mobility of goods and people through our fleet management services to deliver a better day.
This means our focus is:
- Faster and agile fleet management
- Operational excellence
- Capturing long-term profitable customers
- Securing our great people and assets
We value the talents and ideas of everyone on our team, especially our new hires. We can’t wait to see what you’ll make happen.
Our services provide a full range of solutions to enable Total Fleet Mobility, including Contract Hire of bespoke commercial vehicles, Short-term rental, and Fleet Management. It is an exciting time to be in our sector as we navigate through the journey of alternative fuels and digital transformation. We have customers from across the spectrum, including small fleet customers up to multi-vehicle fleets of 100 plus. We are proud of our people and the history of our company. We are always looking for people who want to work with us to achieve success together. Come and join us!
Role
We are currently recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join our team based at our Head Office in Coventry. The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Supporting the FC in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial records, ensuring all revenue & costs, income, and liabilities are accurately recorded, reconciled, and reviewed.
- Taking ownership of the monthly close process, analyzing transactions, preparing required journals, and working closely with the FP&A team to deliver accurate financials that reflect true trading performance for the UK and its subsidiaries.
- Upholding a robust control environment to ensure any risks are recorded, controlled, and mitigated.
- Analyzing, redesigning, and recommending improvements to finance processes and systems by leveraging technology.
- Owning the Group HFM reporting requirements and adhering to the Group's strict reporting deadlines.
- Reconciling, reporting, and agreeing Intercompany balances with Group counterparties.
- Preparing VAT Return workings and associated reconciliations.
- Completing Balance Sheet account reconciliations to review and clear balance sheet control accounts monthly, including GRNI, VAT, and payroll accounts, and maintaining appropriate documentation to support audits.
- Taking ownership of the external and internal audit processes by working closely with auditors and internal stakeholders to provide information and support as requested.
- Modeling exemplary behavior consistent with Fraikin’s values and finance professional standards.
- Driving continuous improvement within your areas of responsibility.
- Proactively managing risks by identifying, addressing, and escalating issues as appropriate.
- Providing training and coaching for finance team members pursuing their finance careers. Providing leadership, direction, and support, including performance reviews for the Assistant Financial Accountant. Ensuring compliance with Fraikin’s policies and procedures, including those related to equality, sustainability, environment, health and safety, and data protection. Performing other duties as directed by line management.
To perform successfully, the role holder must satisfactorily execute each essential responsibility. These requirements are representative but not exhaustive of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the role.
Person Specification (Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience)
- ACCA/ACA Qualified
- Expert knowledge of UK financial statements preparation in accordance with IFRS standards.
- Experience in developing, maintaining, and operating financial and computerized accounting systems. M3 or other ERP systems are desirable, as well as HFM or other reporting systems.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective, open, and productive stakeholder relationships.
- Experience delivering priorities within strict timelines.
- Experience in commercial leasing and/or asset management in a PE-backed group is advantageous.
- Strong flexibility skills—managing changing priorities and absorbing new information rapidly to address complex issues.
- Excellent communication skills—both written and oral—to effectively convey complex ideas to diverse audiences.
- A proactive problem solver with an inquisitive mentality.
- Ability to build effective working relationships internally and externally to achieve objectives collaboratively.