Balance Sheet Accountant - 6 month fixed term contract

£25-£30,000 per annum

Bilston - Hybrid - working from home/office split

Accounting and reconciliation for general and non-operating transactions. Responsible for delivering on-time and accurate monthly accounts including balance sheet reconciliations. Ensure "sets of books" are aligned, consolidate month-end results into Corp Instance. Support month-end close, audits and annual tax deadlines.

Key Accountabilities:

Accounting

• Preparation and posting of P&L accruals and prepayments covering general accounting and non-operating transactions
• Intercompany recharges for non-operating transactions and HQ charges
• Resolution of intercompany mis-matches
• Preparation of timely Balance Sheet reconciliations for all relevant account codes in US and Local GAAP
• Support process for monitoring completion and review of all balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist Compliance team in providing accurate and timely information to support external audits and statutory filings
• Apply Group accounting policy and ensure compliance with US GAAP
• Create and maintain reference manual of differences between US and Local GAAP accounting treatment
• Own any related quarterly or annual tasks, in particular at Year End.
• Support ad-hoc requests

Month-end

• Continuous accounting to avoid bottlenecks during month-end close
• Issue month-end reports for FP&A review
• Support month-end pushing of countries to ECL/CC and Group Consolidation
• Perform accurate and efficient sub-ledger revaluations

Experience / Knowledge

• 2-3 years of Financial Accounting experience
• Strong systems skills in Excel and Oracle / SAP
• Worked in multinational operations
• US GAAP
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite applications.

If you have the relevant experience and you are available for work, please apply.

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