Financial Accountant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant, reporting to the Head of Tax & Treasury for the UK and Ireland, you will be a key part of the tax and treasury team with the opportunity to get involved in a broad range of work, covering multiple tax, treasury and accounting areas.

The ideal candidate will have strong accounting credentials and a desire to develop in the areas of tax and treasury.

As a Financial Accountant, it will be your responsibility to:

• Take responsibility for the accounting for treasury related activities including loans, interest, dividends, foreign exchange, hedging.


• Prepare cash forecasting for the group to enable efficient cash repatriation, foreign exchange management and funding for business needs.


• Prepare statutory accounts for the group holding companies.


• Preparation a variety of tax returns including corporate tax returns, VAT, Plastics packaging taxes.


• Assist with the accounting for taxes.


• Supporting, monitoring and calculating Group-wide transfer pricing and documentation.


• Involvement on a variety of tax and treasury projects both in the UK and overseas (e.g. transfer pricing, system development, corporate simplification, acquisition tax due diligence/support).


• Supporting environmental reporting and environmental taxes
  
  Be a qualified financial accountant (CA / ACA / ACCA / ICAEW)


• Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.


• Be competent with MS Office applications (or similar), with a good knowledge of Excel.


• Be motivated to learn and develop in the areas of tax and treasury


Training will be provided on the job, but any additional experience in the below areas would be beneficial:

• Knowledge of UK corporation tax and tax accounting


• Knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP financial accounting


• Knowledge of UK VAT and an awareness of employment taxes / PAYE
  
  In return, we offer a competitive salary and package.