Assistant Financial Accountant

The Accounting Services Team are a part of the centralised shared services based across several locations in the UK, US and Asia. We are made up of thirty-seven staff supporting over twenty of the UK and overseas Agencies covering all aspects of finance, from day-to-day accounting to the preparation of group submissions, We're looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant to work with our senior Finance team to support one global agency group within the network. The key purpose of the role is to support the Financial Accountant and assist in the production of monthly management accounts and management information packs, assisting client services staff with queries regarding the job costing system and and cost variances.,

• Assistance with the monthly management accounts including month end WIP and accruals, prepayment calculations, payroll journals, balancing of control accounts
• Maintaining fixed asset registers, posting depreciation and reconciliation with nominal ledger
• Posting month end journals in multiple currencies
• Reconciling nominal accounts/spread sheets
• Reviewing TB and investigating & correcting anomalies
• Reviewing, analysing, and checking foreign exchange accounting entries
• Preparation of cashflow forecasts
• Supporting the wide team with debt collection and processing when required.
• Ensure all income has been recorded and that costs are accurate and in line with expectations
• Preparation of VAT returns and equivalent submissions for overseas subsidiaries.
• Preparation and submission of State and Federal statutory returns for US subsidiary
• Assisting with the preparation of data for the external audit
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis as requested.
  
  This opportunity will suit a MAAT or qualified/part qualified ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA accountant.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent analytical skills along with amazing communication and interpersonal skills. You will be a part of a wider team whilst also being able to proactively focus on your own workload, showing initiative. An interest in process improvement and driving operational efficiency would be beneficial. Experience of working in a company with international branches/relationships would be beneficial. This is a hybrid position with a preferred three days a week in the Christchurch office and occasional visits to the HQ in London., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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• 25 days' holiday, increasing to 29 after 2 years' service + Plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension scheme, with enhanced Employer contributions after 1 years' service
• Medical Cash Plan - including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc.
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme, via Salary Sacrifice
• Employee Discount Scheme - an online platform for all staff offering a variety of discounts at various shopping outlets, gyms etc
• Outstanding training and progression, including access to LinkedIn Learning and The Mission Group Learning Management System
• Mission Share Purchase Scheme
• Employee referral scheme
• Regular staff social events
• Company Christmas closure
• Long service awards
• Cycle To Work scheme
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to; ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.