Financial Accountant in Salisbury, Wiltshire

Financial Accountant
Salisbury
Permanent

ARM are delighted to be supporting an exciting manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Financial Accountant on a permanent basis.

The Financial Accountant's role in the business is to support the Finance Manager with general day to day accounting duties and month end closing.

Responsibilities:

* Lead overheads review and postings on a monthly basis.
* Review payroll and post monthly payroll values to correct nominals, monitoring actual to forecast variance analysis.
* Work closely with commercial and operational management to ensure effective financial controls & risk mitigation in processes.
* Manage the Group Intercompany reconciliation process concerning purchases and sales.
* Monitor reconciliation of all control accounts - Debtors / Creditors and Bank, and associated balance sheets within remit.
* Preparation of VAT returns.
* Ensure timely payment of payroll, VAT, corporation tax.
* Point of contact for the R&D tax credit process.
* Monitor business controls and propose improvements where necessary.
* Actively participate in the new ERP project concerning assets and overheads.
* Interface with external bodies - auditors, bank, tax, lawyers.

Requirements:

* Minimum 5 years relevant working experience preferably within a manufacturing environment.
* Practical experience of Payroll and VAT returns
* Experience of supervising a team desirable but not essential
* Must have excellent Excel skills and be used to working with an ERP preferably EFACS, or Infor LN or an equivalent.
* Result oriented and with strong business sense and able to communicate at all levels as well as challenge the status quo.
* Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
* Fluency in both spoken and written English.
* French language would be a unique advantage.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.