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Position Title: Accounting Specialist

Duration: 6 Month Rolling Contract

Location: London

Division: Finance

Rate: Umbrella rate £26 per hour INSIDE IR35

About the Role

Our Client is looking for an individual to support the transactional work in our expanding captive businesses.
Our Client requires a team member who is flexible in a changing environment and can contribute in defining the finance and management accounting structure going forward.
The successful candidate will own large parts of the month-end process, maintain robust internal control processes whilst working closely with the wider finance team and operational teams to produce high quality, accurate and timely finance information.

Key Responsibilities

Full ownership of processing and gatekeeping for purchase orders and supplier billing activity.
Processing payment runs in relation to supplier activity and payroll for multiple projects and entities through the banking platform.
Administration of the monthly payroll and expenses, and the ongoing control of income and expenditure.
Management of the overall sales and purchase ledgers, ensuring consistency in process and compliance with financial policies.
Support in compiling monthly trial balances, including working closely with Deloitte, our outsourced provider.
Preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of accounting records within Xero, including intercompany accounts.
Support the preparation of year-end accounts, tax returns, and monthly management accounts.
Support annual statutory audit and other compliance audits as required.
Monitoring of local control environment.
Preparing management information /statistics as required by senior management.
Local point of contact for the Clients' treasury, accounting and tax teams, as well as external suppliers and the local operational team to ensure smooth running of the day-to-day accounting activity.
Maintaining the accrual and prepayment schedules and inputting various journals into the accounting system.
Driving the quality of our financial and management reporting through ensuring accuracy of transactional postings on the accounting system.

Key Relationships

Experience

You will have experience in the following:
Working knowledge and experience of Accounting Systems and the fundamental principles around transactional treatment for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, VAT, Tax, etc, within both general ledger and sub-ledger
Knowledge of accounting, control and financial management principles pertinent to an organisation of similar size and complexity, including Inter-company accounting
Advance Excel and PowerPoint skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent project management and organisational skills with a close attention to detail
Good communication skills, both verbal and written
Agile worker, with ability to work in fast-paced environment
Champion for driving efficiency, process improvements and challenging the status quo
Collaborative style of working

Benefits