Junior Accountant jobs in United Kingdom

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Days of Working: Monday to Friday 9am to 17:30pm

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Client Reporting Accountant to join our passionate and driven team. As part of our Client Reporting team, the role will suit a part or newly-qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) who will manages a portfolio of customers and is responsible for ownership P&L reporting, balance sheet review and financial control for their clients, whilst also working with the Finance team to achieve best in practice processes across the team. The Client Reporting Accountant acts as a trusted advisor to the business, partnering with Operations to ensure P&L information is accurate, reliable and timely.

• Production and ownership of monthly client reports for a portfolio of clients; ensuring the integrity of the P&L’s project costs & revenue, and scrutinise against client budget.
• Business Partner with Ops and site staff to ensure accuracy of monthly P&Ls and manage monthly reporting cycle.
• Support the monthly billing cycle; highlighting to Accounts Receivable team any changes to contractual billing.
• Ensure all monthly committed costs captured and reflected in updated monthly forecasts.
• Variance analysis and commentary of expenditure vs budget to Ops and site staff
• Assist with preparation of client budgets in conjunction with Ops management
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for respective clients; ensuring all associated accruals, prepayments, deferred & accrued revenue etc. are fully substantiated and supported
• Identify and implement improvements in the client reporting financial controls environment around client reporting, and support migration of client reporting onto Microsoft Dynamics as part of impending system migration.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Finance team and support and assist the Senior Finance Business Partner with ad-hoc tasks as required
• Promote company values and standards, and exhibit appropriate behaviour in accordance with company ethos.

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
• Part Qualified towards ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
• Experience in similar roles
• Newly qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
• Experience in similar roles ideally in the service industry
• Advanced Excel skills
• Previous experience of preparing and analysing individual P&Ls
• Experience with MS Dynamics
• Proven experience building relationships with stakeholders from various levels of the Business within and outside Finance
• Proven experience prioritising under competing deadlines
• Self starter
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics accounting software
• Experience of facilities management, & or business services companies
• Experience within a large PE backed business going through significant change
• Experience of presenting Financial information to non-Finance staff
• High level of computer literacy with advanced knowledge of Office (Word, Excel, & Power Point) & other systems
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently when required
• Deadline / outcome driven
• Effective communicator – orally & in writing
• Confident self-starter, with proven ability to prioritise multiple tasks to meet competing deadlines
• Attention to detail, but also ability to understand context of role within the ‘bigger picture’ of financial reporting within the company and across the group.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.