Senior Financial Accountant
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Benefits:
Private Medical Insurance, Pension EE contribution 3% / ER contribution 5%, Life Assurance x 2, SIP, 25 days annual leave entitlement + 8 BHs
Responsibilities:
Introduction to Finance at Luceco
| Will Hoy is the CFO and together with David Nix, Director of Group Finance, they are setting out to create a world-class Finance Function.
The vision is to create a finance environment that is best in class and provides strong control and value to the business. As head office, the finance team in Telford are responsible for preparation of both the UK accounts and also the Group consolidated accounts. |
Role
| Senior Financial Accountant.
Reporting UK monthly results and supplementary information into HFM consolidation system. Preparation/review of balance sheet reconciliations for the UK, including an in-depth understanding of stock valuations. Review performance of UK business and understand variances to budget/forecast. Support in the implementation of the finance control manual to ensure best-practice processes and controls are implemented and operating effectively across the Group. Manage relationship with external auditors. |
Ideal candidate:
| The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with a technical background, commercial awareness and strong communication skills.
A desire to identify process improvement opportunities and implement solutions to automate processes, embed controls and improve the efficiency of financial reporting. A good understanding of a strong financial control environment. Strong analytical and IT skills, particularly Excel. Enthusiastic, keen to learn, proactive and able to bring fresh ideas to the business. Self-motivated, ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and see things through. Process-oriented, logical approach and great attention to detail. Respond effectively to problems or feedback, can-do attitude, work with pace. Ability to critically appraise processes or large quantities of complex data to make recommendations in simple language. Be committed to building and maintaining strong working relationships both within and outside of the Group Finance team. Ability to communicate effectively with both finance and non-finance personnel of differing levels and work as part of a high functioning team. |
Advantageous but not a Pre-Requisite
| “Big 4” trained
HFM/Epicor system experience Manufacturing and retail experience Stock accounting experience |
Contact:
If you are interested, please submit your CV and covering letter detailing how your experience meets the job requirements to Lace Dance, HR Manager at [email protected].