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Reporting Accountant - Manufacturing

Employer
AkzoNobel
Location
Slough, Berkshire
Salary
£250 - £300 per day
Closing date
1 May 2019

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Reporting Accountant - Manufacturing

Duration: 6 months

Salary: £250 - £300 per day

Location: Slough

Reporting Accountant required for our client who is a leading Global Paints and Coatings Company and a major producer of speciality chemicals, with leading market positions and brands in countries around the world.

As a Reporting Accountant you will be responsoble for delivery of accurate, timely and relevant financial information to the Corporate reporting team, ensuring application of corporate and local accounting policies. Deliver all local legal requirements for reporting, including tax information & statutory accounts. Successfully managing relationships with the shared service centre to deliver these requirements.

Responsibilties:

  • Ensure oversight of provisions / general journals / accruals posted by shared service centre, to ensure P&L and Balance sheet are accurate.
  • Ensure month end processes are completed successfully and on-time, reviewing for completeness in SAP FI/PCA/Hyperion/COPA & Trial Balance.
  • Review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, incl Bank, to ensure integrity of financial information.
  • Review of all corporate reporting requirement, including A-Forms, Formsets & HFM, for completeness prior to submission to corporate.
  • Review hedging information provided to corporate treasury, revaluations.
  • Produce annual tax computation information (with input from shared service centre).
  • Create monthly tax reporting, including VAT, EC Sales Listing, Intrastat, National Statistics (with input from shared service centre).
  • Produce statutory accounts information / full accounts (dependant on legal entity), working with shared service centre to deliver the require output.
  • Ensure SAP changes are fully tested through regression testing.
  • Produce complex/high judgement journals.
  • Provide technical accounting expertise to the UK business, inputting into key decisions.
  • Capture key changes in organisation & ensure shared service centre operating procedures reflect latest practices & contacts.
  • Partner the business on capital expenditure requests
  • Assist with completion of national statistic submissions

Experience & Educational Requirements:

  • ACA/CIMA with 2+ years post qualified experience in industry preferred (or equivalent).
  • Experience of reporting in a group environment, including exposure to statutory accounts and tax (direct & indirect), with strong IFRS knowledge.
  • Experience of dealing with external auditor and corporate requests and requirements
  • Knowledge and experience of SAP & Hyperion preferred.

Skills:

  • Able to communicate effectively with both senior and junior finance and non-finance colleagues.
  • Excellent excel analytical skills.
  • Can present financial data in a credible manner.

Company

This is your chance to join AkzoNobel - a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals.

Home to well-known brands such as Dulux, Sikkens, International, Interpon and Eka; AkzoNobel supplies industries and consumers worldwide with innovative products and sustainable technologies that are designed to meet the growing demands of our fast-changing planet.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, over 47,000 people work for AkzoNobel across 80 countries worldwide – and this is your chance to join them. Take a look at the roles we're currently recruiting for on their behalf below.

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