Senior Accountant - Colchester, United Kingdom - Informa

Description

Reporting to the Finance Manager in the Record to Report (R2R) Project Cost Accounting team that covers project related accounting of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and integration activities. The work is split between work that occurs throughout the month and work that is required for month end reporting. It involves:

• Terms of Service Agreements (TSA) related balances
• Integration cost accounting
• Acquisition and disposal costs
• Group expectational projects
• Creating internal orders to match the requirements of each project
• Communicating internal order details to relevant parties
• Maintaining contractor / staff lists
• Reviewing coding of Encrypting File System (EFS) invoices relates to the projects
• Weekly reporting on project costs spend
• Supporting audit and ad hoc requests
• Accounting for any recharges in line with guidance
• Ensuring any payroll transfer are correctly accounted for via the P&L
• Ensuring all accruals / provisions are correctly booked and maintained
• Completing Blackline reconciliation for project related balances
• Ensuring costs have been posted into the correct entities and internal orders
• Producing variance analysis and commentary
• Completing monthly cost analysis
• Ensuring TSA invoicing and recharges appropriately accounted for
• Ensuring currency risk around project balances is minimised