Senior Assistant Financial Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hardworking, dependable and motivated individual to join our client's finance team as an Assistant Financial Accountant.

As an Assistant Financial Accountant you will be primarily responsible for the accurate and timely input and reporting of accounting entries.

As part of Shared Services, the Financial Accounting team provide a number of finance activities to business units across BAE Systems. The activities undertaken within the team include Financial Reporting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Leasing Accounting, Payroll Accounting, and General Accounting (accruals, prepayments and provisions) which are supported using various technologies including robotics.

To help support a positive work life balance, the team operate in a hybrid working environment, allowing a mixture of both home and office based working the suits the needs of both the individual and the business.

Core duties

• Prepare Balance Sheet Reconciliations and resolve any reconciling items arising from your own and colleagues reconciliations
• Preparation of monthly journals including the calculation of accruals and prepayments
• Process payroll files into the accounting systems and manage employee benefit schemes
• Monthly and yearly reporting in line with company deadlines
• Supporting and leading the team in various compliance, continuous improvement and process standardisation activities
• Prepare Balance Sheet Reconciliations and resolve any reconciling items arising from your own and colleagues reconciliations.

Key Skills Required

• Finance degree, AAT or equivalent
• Have an understanding of Financial Controls and Data Protection regulations
• Intermediate level Excel skills (e.g. Pivot tables, vlookup)
• Strong analytical skills and a vigilant approach to problem solving

Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA) study support available for the right individual

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