Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Certain Advantage are hiring for a Senior Accountant based in Daventry.

This role is on an initial 6-month contract basis and is required to be onsite 2 days a week.

Summary:

You will be responsible for carrying out highly specialised accounting duties to maintain the department’s general ledger. This role also involves conducting detailed financial analysis of the department’s chart of accounts and financial statements, including identifying and evaluating unusual variances.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyses, records and reports accounting transactions in a timely manner.
• Prepares general ledger entries and account reconciliations.
• Prepares balance sheet and profit and loss statements, consolidated financial statements, and other accounting schedules and reports.
• Responds to inquiries received from management, internal and external auditors, Sarbanes-Oxley audit group and others regarding financial results, special reporting requests, etc.
• Review existing internal controls on a regular basis and develop new internal controls as necessary.
• Analyses current procedures and recommends changes to develop and implement best practice accounting procedures.
• Protects organisation’s value by keeping information confidential.

 
The individual:

• Qualified or part-qualified
• Good, solid accounting fundamentals.
• Experience with closing
• Experience with Inventory accounting
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations

 
Does this sound like your next career move? Apply today.


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