Senior Financial Accountant

 

Main characteristics

Location

Byfleet, Surrey

Company

ISS Facility Services

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Accounting / Financial / Insurance

Job summary

Senior Financial Accountant
Contract: Controls, Risk and Transformation
Location: London (Canary Wharf) and Weybridge, Surrey
Hours of work: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will be part of the UK&I Controlling function, a dynamic team incorporating controls and assurance, financial reporting and accounting services. These roles focus on balance sheet control and income statement management and analysis.
Job Description
You will be integral to supporting the Business Unit Controller in identifying and implementing improvements in processes and procedures, help drive efficiencies in cost management, financial risk mitigation and driving standardisation across the finance function.
Key Responsibilities
* Work within a robust internal financial controls framework, completing Controls Self-Assessments, ensuring control procedures are adhered to and taking an active involvement in the updating the controls framework for changes in processes and procedures
* Review of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring compliance with the UK&I reconciliation requirements, and drive accuracy in financial reporting by proactively ensuring all reviewer recommendations are implemented
* Ensure an accurate and smooth Month-End Close cycle for all allocated accounts
* Ensure Month-End Close activities are performed accurately and on time. These procedures include the calculation, review and processing of all accruals, prepayments, revenue-related transactions across customer contracts.
* Review Overdue Accounts Receivable, and Trade Working Capital reports and take corrective action where required.
* Investigate and explain deviations from Forecasts
* Run open purchase order report weekly and review all open orders keeping aged POs to a minimum
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
* Qualified/ or Part qualified/ studying towards an accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent qualification by experience
* Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
* Analytical skills and the ability to interpret and pass on complex information
* Exercise good judgement and decision-making skills
* Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills
* Meticulous attention to detail
* The ability to work well under pressure and challenge the status quo
* Intermediate Excel skills essential, knowledge of Navision and/or OneStream an advantage
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether its hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team on (phone number removed)