Financial Reporting Accountant

Job description

Our client is looking for a Financial Reporting Accountant for a permanent position, located in Aberdeen.

ROLE

Reporting to the FRC Financial Reporting Team Senior Accountant, this is a diverse and challenging role, within a professional and process improvement team. It also offers excellent opportunities to develop accounts preparation and analytical review experience for applicants interested in legal entity statutory accounting within a large company

RESPONSIBILITIES

Statutory Accounts

• Preparation of statutory financial statements and quarterly management accounts.
• Liaise and supply external auditors' information regarding year-end consolidated financial statements and statutory financial statements.
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards, applicable local accounting standards, local legislation, reporting disclosures and group accounting policies, ensuring they are applied and upheld.

Financial Controls

• Compliance with monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements, ensuring financial controls are addressed within deadlines set.
• Preparation of reconciliations and analysis with relevant and appropriate back up and critical analysis of the balances in significant entities and assistance with review of Associate Accountants work.
• Assistance in testing internal controls on a monthly basis.

General Responsibilities

• Helping to establish best practice, standardisation and ways of working for all FRC legal entities.
• Pro-active participation in/lead the coaching activities to the Associate Accountants within the team.
• Identify areas of process improvements and propose potential solutions.
• Work closely with the finance community to resolve any financial reporting queries in a timely and effective manner.
• Provide training, where required, on standard ways of working to colleagues within the finance community.
• Other ad hoc tasks and projects as required.

REQUIREMENTS

Essential

• The candidate should be at the final stages of their professional accountancy qualifications or a fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or international equivalent.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject area (Finance/ Accounting / Business).
• Audit and accounts preparation experience.
• Good working knowledge of IFRS.
• Relevant experience working within a similar environment.
• Proven track record of good quality accurate analysis and analytical review.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Experience working with and knowledge of SAP

Desirable

• Understanding of chart of accounts and legal entity reporting structures.
• Experience working with BFC (Business Objects Financial Consolidation).

Person Specification

• A focus on high quality outputs, first time right attitude, with good self-review skills (deliver quality products & services).
• Anticipates potential problems and works to overcome them.
• Positive attitude and initiative, challenging the status quo with new ideas and improvements.
• The candidate must have the ability to manage their own workload, prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate excellent ability to work as part of a large team.
• Good verbal and written communications skills are essential.
• Positive focus on customers and strives to improve, learn and utilise feedback.
• Pro-active and constructive communication with all stakeholders (e.g. Senior Management, Legal, Tax, HR, Technical Accounting team).