Job Description

Pertemps are delighted to be working on behalf of a global organisation based in Ayrshire who are currently looking to add to their well-established finance team with a Financial Accounting Assistant. You will receive a salary of up to 42k plus excellent benefits depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities:

You will perform a number of key roles within the finance team as detailed below focusing on all aspects of banking including co-ordinating and controlling the operation of Concur and compliance with company expenses policy and Identifying areas of continuous improvement within areas of responsibility and assist in deployment of continuous improvement.

• Banking / Payments

• Responsible for timely preparation of all supplier payment runs
• Appropriate allocation of all Europe banking transaction and reconciliation of all amounts to bank statements
• Key contact for regular communication with Bank Relationship Manager
• Facilitate FX trades

• Cash forecasting / Treasury

• Preparation and submission of weekly cash forecast file to the Corporate Treasury team in the US
• Weekly call with US Corporate Treasury Team to review cash forecast and explain variances
• Preparations and submission of quarterly EAC cash forecast to US Corporate Treasury Team

• Preparations and submission of quarterly EAC fx forecast to US Corporate Treasury Team

• Expenses

• Subject matter expert on Concur and Company Expenses with full accountability for financial review and authorisation of all company expenses claimed.
• Site administrator for Concur with responsibility for resolving all site queries
• Responsible for timely and accurate payment to employees of submitted, approved expenses in line with company policy

• Month End / Financial Reporting

• Responsible for completion of all banking, prepayments and provisions month end activity.
• Completion of Blackline reconciliations for review
• Monthly analysis of costs and reporting to US accounting team
• Monthly submission of DPO invoice report to US accounting team
• Monthly submission of corporate purchasing spend to US accounting team
• Preparation of quarterly SEC pack and submission to US consolidation team

• VAT Return

• Timely and accurate completion and submission of VAT return to HMRC ensuring compliance with VAT regulations

• Sox

• Ensure all required SOX sign offs are obtained in a timely manner
• Provide required SOX documentation to internal / external auditors

Essential:

• Experience working in a Finance
• University Degree Qualification.
• Good communication skills. Ability to communicate confidently and clearly.
• Good computer literacy - particularly Excel and SAP.

• Using knowledge and experience to promote process improvement.
• Effective relationship management skills

I look forward to receiving your application.

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