Financial Accountant - Chester, United Kingdom - Axon Moore Group Ltd

Axon Moore Group Ltd

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Chester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Axon Moore are delighted to be recruiting, for an outstanding 18 Month FTC for a Financial Accountant to join an award winning, PE backed business based at their stylish Chester head office.

You will be providing crucial support amongst a team of Financial Accountants, which will see you support with vital accounting requirements and continued ownership, operational accounting and full financial forecasts of existing acquisitions.

Within this highly varied role, which will see you reporting into their friendly and high calibre Senior Financial Accountant, you will have the following responsibilities:

Taking on new acquisitions made and maintaining ownership of the financials, to include operational accounting, and the full financial forecasts and results
Liaising with and providing head office support to staff at the acquisition sites
Assisting with the month end finance report issued to the Board
Supporting external audit requirements.
Providing financial support to and reporting on the performance of certain head office departments
Producing the individual company yearend statutory accounts and assisting with production of the year end statutory consolidation and statutory consolidated accounts compliant with FRS101/IFRS
Working with the existing team to integrate the accounting systems for the new business segment into the back office and accounting software
Acquisition accounting support and follow up
General acquisition integration support e.g. reviewing processes, transferring systems, general administration.
Assisting with completion of any returns and other compliance requirements
Working with management to specify the accounting requirements of any new developments and managing the go live process and subsequent testing requirements
Assist in improving processes across the company to increase efficiency
Liaising with other departments and supporting adhoc requests
Working with the existing team to support projects and other aspects of financial reporting.
Working with the existing team to support internal audit requirements

To be considered for this outstanding role, you will hold the following key skills:

Actively training for qualification e.g. ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
Experience working in a commercial finance department.
Experience in preparing all aspects of month end/year end and providing clear commentary to support
Experience of business partnering with other departments and providing meaningful reporting
Experience of preparing statutory accounts
Experience of supporting requirements for external audits
Experience of challenging and changing an existing process
Experience working with Excel to an intermediate (or higher) standard.
Attention to detail
Friendly approach to all members of the organisation
Highly selfmotivated and proactive
Professional approach and attitude
Takes ownership
Maintains focus under pressure
Demonstrates a positive attitude

In return you will benefit from a competitive salary of £35,000 - £40,000 DOE, hybrid working, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) additional day off for your birthday, plus much more This really is an opportunity not to be missed