General Ledger Accountant

Parker Meggitt; Coventry; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Meggitt in Coventry is seeking an experienced GL Specialist to join the Finance Shared Service Centre. You will support accurate financial reporting, manage month-end close, and maintain the General Ledger, ensuring robust and well-supported information for management.

In this role you will work with R2R, share services and site finance teams to identify issues, improve processes and deliver reliable financial data across the business.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in financial accounting and month-end close processes.
• Experience with reconciliations, journals and month-end close.

Responsibilities

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations as part of monthly close.
• Prepare and analyse VAT returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Perform intercompany AP/AR reconciliations and resolve outstanding items with stakeholders.
• Maintain fixed asset register, asset creation, budgeting and disposals.
• Prepare and post monthly payroll journals and clear balances in SAP.
• Prepare and review ad hoc and period-end journals and adjustments.
• Analyse GL-related KPIs and present findings to management.
• Ensure accounting activity meets internal controls and SOX compliance.
• Collaborate with Finance to improve processes and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

General Ledger / R2R

Month-end close

Reconciliations

Journals

VAT accounting

Intercompany accounting

SOX compliance

Stakeholder communication

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

We are looking for an experienced GL Specialist to join our Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) in Coventry.

This is a key role within the Record-to-Report (R2R) function, supporting accurate, complete and timely financial reporting across the business. You will play an important part in the month-end close process, maintaining the integrity of the General Ledger and ensuring that financial information is robust, accurate and fully supported.

Working closely with the R2R team, site finance teams and wider finance stakeholders, you'll have the opportunity to use your accounting expertise to identify issues, improve processes and provide reliable financial information to management.

What You'll Be Doing

• Prepare accurate and well-documented balance sheet reconciliations as part of the monthly close process.
• Prepare and analyse VAT returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant requirements.
• Perform monthly intercompany AP/AR reconciliations, proactively investigating and resolving outstanding items with stakeholders.
• Review uncapitalised expenditure and ensure costs are correctly classified, capitalised and depreciated in line with company policy.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, including asset creation, budget allocation and disposals.
• Prepare and post monthly payroll journals and clear associated balances within SAP.
• Prepare and review ad hoc and period-end journals, including prepayments, rates, travel cards and other accounting adjustments.
• Analyse key GL-related KPIs, identifying trends, anomalies and potential issues and presenting findings to management.
• Ensure all accounting activity meets internal controls, audit requirements and SOX compliance standards.
• Work with colleagues across Finance to resolve issues and identify opportunities to improve and streamline processes.
• Support wider finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with a solid grounding in financial accounting who is comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

You are likely to have experience in a GL, R2R, financial accounting or management accounting environment and be confident working with reconciliations, journals and month-end processes.

You'll ideally have:

• Experience within General Ledger / Record-to-Report accounting.
• Strong understanding of month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing and posting journals.
• Experience with SAP or another major ERP system.
• Understanding of VAT, fixed assets, and intercompany accounting.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to financial controls.
• The ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes and resolve issues.
• Good communication skills and the confidence to work with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and consistently meet reporting deadlines.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in finding more efficient ways of working.

Why Join?

This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking to develop their career within a structured R2R / Finance Shared Services environment.

You'll gain broad exposure across General Ledger activities, financial reporting, month-end close, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, VAT, SAP and financial controls, while working closely with experienced finance professionals across the organisation.

If you're looking for a role where your accounting expertise can make a genuine impact on the quality of financial reporting and where you can contribute to improving finance processes, we'd like to hear from you.