Financial Accountant

Reed Smith LLP.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Smith LLP in Leeds is seeking an experienced Intercompany Accountant to deliver robust accounting processes and controls across global centres. You will own reconciliation across 14 units, including accruals and cash basis, and support external audits.

The role requires strong Excel, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work with large data sets, communicating clearly with finance teams and stakeholders across EMEA. You will drive improvements to streamline intercompany reconciliations.

Qualifications

• Energetic, ambitious and focused.
• Strong accounting background (qualified or QBE).
• Very substantial experience in reconciliations, including intercompany.
• Strong Excel skills, including ability to work with very large volumes of Excel data.
• Clear and concise communications skills, both verbal and written.
• Ambitious / Pro-active – delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement.
• Strong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.
• Strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role is primarily about intercompany.
• Completion of reconciliation across 14 units, on both an accruals- and a cash-basis
• Investigating and resolving long-standing historical differences
• Preparation and posting of reconciling adjustments
• Development and maintenance of new model for reconciliations going-forward; primarily the control and reconciliation of monthly charges for timekeeper time but also for other intercompany charges
• Reconciliation of various other balance sheet (and P&L) accounts across EMEA, some of which are relatively complex – plus identification and implementation of process changes to simplify and enhance the reconciliations going forward
• Assistance with provision of data to external statutory auditors in UK and Singapore during their audits.

Skills

Intercompany reconciliations

Accounting background

Excel abilities

Verbal and written communication

Proactive / improvement minded

Team player

Analytical skills

Ambition and energy

Tools

Excel

Job description

About the role

This challenging and rewarding position will have responsibility for the delivery of a project that is attracting high profile across the business.. The role will support the business with complete and robust accounting processes and controls as they relate to intercompany as well as responsibility for certain key control activities through the calendar year, across our global centres.

Your responsibilities

• Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role is primarily about intercompany:
• Completion of reconciliation across 14 units, on both an accruals- and a cash-basis
• Investigating and resolving long-standing historical differences
• Preparation and posting of reconciling adjustments
• Development and maintenance of new model for reconciliations going-forward; primarily the control and reconciliation of monthly charges for timekeeper time but also for other intercompany charges
• Reconciliation of various other balance sheet (and P&L) accounts across EMEA, some of which are relatively complex – plus identification and implementation of process changes to simplify and enhance the reconciliations going forward
• Assistance with provision of data to external statutory auditors in UK and Singapore during their audits.

Your key skills and experience

• Energetic, ambitious and focused
• Strong accounting background (qualified or QBE)
• Very substantial experience in reconciliations, including intercompany
• Strong Excel skills, including ability to work with very large volumes of Excel data
• Clear and concise communications skills, both verbal and written
• Ambitious / Pro-active – delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement
• Strong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.
• Strong analytical skills