Financial Accountant

Main Responsibilities

Financial Accountant - Qualified (ACCA)

Full Time

Salary Range £35,000 - £45,000k Per Annum, Car Allowance (£4,980 per annum) and up to 15% bonus.

Location: Worksop, Notts S81 7QF

G4S is the leading global integrated security company specialising in the provision of security products, services and solutions.
Our Strategy is market led. We satisfy our customers’ needs by understanding their strategic objectives and designing and delivering innovative solutions which supports these objectives.
Our aim is to create sustainable shareholder value through the consistent delivery of excellence in customer service, operations and financial management.
We deal with a number of high profile Government Agencies and ‘Blue Chip’ organisations across all economic sectors in the UK.

Job Outline:  To deliver financial accounting services to UK based businesses including the production of statutory and tax accounts

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage and produce Statutory Accounts and Tax returns including corporation Tax and VAT to agreed deadlines.
• Ensure that core financial accounting policies adhere to legislative requirements.
• Ensure that reporting requirements and submissions are accurate and adhere to agreed timelines (i.e. National statistics, insurance data, cash flow forecasting).
• Manage Bank accounts to ensure they are reconciled within agreed deadlines.
• Manage Balance Sheet reconciliations to ensure they are completed to agreed timescales.
• Performance management of direct reports.
• Review financial accounting volumetrics to assess trends to ensure effective resource planning.
• Ensure team are raising and closing periodic service requests within SLA’s.
• Actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the team and lead the team in a manner consistent with these principles.
• Create a professional environment through good leadership and promote achievement orientated teams
    
   

The Ideal Candidate

Experience/Attributes:

Formal Education

Technical

A qualified accountant with 3-5 year’s experience
A strong technical ability including confidence with group consolidations and a competent understanding of UK and IFRS GAAP

Experience

• Proven track record of working in an accounting environment.
• Experience in the production of Statutory and Tax Accounting.
• Management of a team of accounting staff.
• Knowledge of SAP and/or other Finance systems.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills, must be able to effectively communicate across all levels of the business to resolve issues and Improve processes relating to the Financial Accounting team.
• Should possess the drive to deliver a high quality service in order to meet agreed service levels.
• Ability to problem solve escalations relating to production of accounts whilst looking at the wider business impacts and opportunities for process improvements.
• Ensure fundamental issues are addressed to avoid repeat occurrences.
• Ability to motivate a team to deliver against service levels and manage them closely to agreed deliverables ensuring business impacts are minimised.
• Must be willing to help, support and encourage other accountants and offer developmental coaching and assistance.

In addition to a market competitive salary, we are offering the opportunity to join a major organisation performing a vital role in blue chip organisations and high profile government agencies, and at an exciting time in the set up of a FSSC, using SAP as the ERP, which will be a role model for the rest of the G4S Group worldwide. For the right candidate and after a qualifying period, study support may be available.

Please note that this vacancy is subject to a minimum 5 year checkable employment and education history including criminal record vetting. To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK.