General Ledger Accountant
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Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
Location | Harlow |
Area | Essex, England |
Sector | Accountancy |
Salary | £45k - 48k per year |
Start Date | |
Advertiser | remoteapi |
Job Ref | AAGLEC |
Job Views | 71 |
- Description
Exciting role for a corporate company, hours are 8am-4.30 or 4.30-5, you can work home for 2 days a week and in the office 3 days.
Role
As a General Ledger Accountant, you will be involved in General Ledger controlling and reporting, compliance, tax, statutory, and multiple general accounting and reporting activities, along with a range of other financial reconciliation and control tasks as required within the team.
· Control and manage the accuracy of General Ledger for the assigned Company companies.
· Complete all relevant month-end financial close procedures including necessary accruals and prepayments activities.
· Prepare and be responsible for all necessary internal reporting required within Europe and to US head office.
· Facilities and restructuring accounting and control.
· Carry out relevant Sarbanes Oxley controls.
· Hedging and Revaluation.
· Headcount reporting, control and forecasting support.
· Statutory accounting and corporation tax work.
· Statutory/Corporate reconciliations and European consolidation.
· Control and prepare VAT, Intrastat and Sales List Reporting, submission of Vat Returns and related compliance.
· Support and be involved with all audit work.
· Manage the fixed asset register and all relevant accounting, liaising with the accounts payable clerks and other business areas where required.
· Prepare any necessary variance analysis for all the above.
· Support other accountants within the team on a variety of tasks in order to meet the total needs of the finance department.
· Involvement with developing new/efficient processes/procedures within the accounting team.
· Provide support and assistance to the Accounting Manager on projects and ad-hoc tasks.
· Manage other staff where appropriate.
What Are We Looking For?
· You’ve got a very good knowledge of general accounting and reporting processes.
· You’ve got experience with making an accrual, prepaid, European VAT, balance sheet reconciliation.
· You’ve got advanced Excel and data manipulation skills.
· You are a results-driven person.
· You can work under pressure and meet deadlines.
· You’ve got the ability to prioritize your tasks.
· The Skills That Will Help You to Succeed Even More:
· You’ve got Microsoft AX knowledge.
· You are part or fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA).
· You know any other European language e.g. Italian, French, Spanish etc.
This is a full-time position.
Working hours: Mon-Fri 8.30-5.00 with 1h for lunch/ Mon-Fri 9.00-5.30 with 1h for lunch.
Permanent contract with 6 months probation period.
You will be offered a pension plan.
AON Plus benefit – the service offers a whole range of discounts and deals from leading brands and local retailers.
Employee Assistance Program.
Tastecard Membership.
Cycle to Work Scheme.