Intercompany Accountant - 12 month FTC

Reed Smith LLP; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Smith LLP in Leeds seeks a diligent finance professional to drive intercompany reconciliations and robust accounting controls. You will manage multi-unit reconciliations, investigate variances, and post adjustments while developing improved processes for charges and related intercompany costs.

The role requires a strong accounting background (qualified or QBE), excellent Excel skills, and clear communication with finance teams and stakeholders across regions.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting background with professional qualification or QBE.
• Extensive experience in reconciliations, including intercompany.
• Proficient with large volumes of Excel data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive with problem solving and process improvement.
• Team-oriented with stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to Finance Manager; focus on intercompany reconciliations.
• Complete reconciliations across multiple units on accruals and cash bases.
• Investigate and resolve historical differences.
• Prepare and post reconciling adjustments.
• Develop and maintain reconciliations model for future charges.
• Reconcile balance sheet and P&L accounts across EMEA; implement improvements.
• Assist with data provision to external auditors in UK and Singapore.

Skills

Intercompany reconciliations

Excel data analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Team player

Process improvement

Education

Accounting qualification or QBE

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