Senior Accountant with ACCA or CIMA

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An international company in the City of London is seeking a qualified Senior Accountant (ACCA/CIMA) with 3-5 years PQE. Responsibilities include producing accounting reports, tax work, and managing junior staff. The role offers a salary range of £50K - £55K plus benefits, with a focus on analytical problem-solving and effective communication.

Qualifications

• Extensive accounting experience, including PQE.
• Experience in analyzing Trial Balance Sheet and preparing Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss.
• Ability to manage accounts and report on a monthly and quarterly basis.

Responsibilities

• Produce accounting reports for the SPCs.
• Assist in corporate tax work with advisors.
• Advise controlling departments on accounting issues.
• Monitor journal entries of junior staff.
• Coordinating financial audits.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

IT skills using Excel, Word, SAP

Numerical and analytical skills

Ability to resolve complex problems within strict time constraints

Education

Accountancy qualifications, i.e. ACCA, ACA or CIMA

Preferably an undergraduate or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Maths, Statistics, Business or Economics

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

Overview

Senior Accountant ACCA CIMA

Our client is an international company with offices in the City of London. They are looking to recruit a Qualified Accountant with an ACCA or CIMA qualification with at least 3 to 5 years PQE. The company is engaged with various dynamic projects such as power generation, renewable energy, oil and gas, and in-house banking through the Special Purpose Companies in the UK (the SPC), and provides accounting and tax services to the SPCs.

Responsibilities

• Produce accounting reports of the SPCs on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to Head of Accounts.
• Tax work (assist in Corporate Income Tax return with tax advisors/prepare VAT return and resolve enquiries) for the SPCs.
• Advise the SPCs\' controlling departments of the Company on accounting issues.
• Assist in general work (working as an agent/contact person) with notary, accounting firms, HMRC, the Companies House etc. for the SPCs.
• Monitor journal entries and works of more junior Accountancy staff.
• Other various work related to not only the SPCs’ but also the Company’s accounting/tax matters based on the instruction from Manager/GM.
• Key Responsibilities:
• The SPCs’ accounting/tax service.
• Coordinating financial audit of the SPCs.
• • Planning and controlling the schedule of financial audit.
  • Answering questions from auditors appropriately.
  • Preparing financial statements and finalization with auditors.
  • Checking and, correcting if necessary, management report to be issued by auditors.
  • Preparing some reports, if necessary, to Managers/GM/CFO.
• Analysing and/or solving problems in accounting data/business process of the SPCs.
• Managing accounts for designated business areas including monitoring, controlling and reconciling data.
• Management reporting to business areas on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Reconciling and controlling ledger balances including stock, futures and fixtures position.
• Advising the business departments on accounting matters, from the viewpoint of accounting and tax.

Skills / Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• IT skills using Excel, Word, SAP.
• Numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to resolve complex problems within strict time constraints.

Experience

• Extensive accounting experience. Some of which should be PQE (ie after qualifying as an accountant).
• Must have experience of analysing Trial Balance Sheet and preparing Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss, as well as consolidating accounts.

Education

• Preferably an undergraduate or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Maths, Statistics, Business or Economics.
• Otherwise a good standard of education to at least A Level standard or equivalent, A levels should include Maths.
• Accountancy qualifications, i.e. ACCA, ACA or CIMA.

The role is based near St Paul’s in the City of London.

The salary for this position will be circa £50K - £55K + Benefits.

Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.