Senior Financial Accountant

This is a Full Time Job

The CAA Brand Management controllership finance team is looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Senior Financial Accountant on a permanent basis. The role will report into the Financial Controller with the possibility of line managing a Finance Assistant. The controllership team prides itself on being a collaborative environment where we support and encourage the learning and development of your finance career.

Responsibilities to include but not limited to:
• Preparing a multicurrency consolidated trial balance for 4-8 entities under UK GAAP for statutory audit, i.e. eliminations and equity reconciliation.
• Experience in coordinating financial statement production with a consulting firm.
• Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations on a timely basis collaborating with both other members of the finance team and other team members in the business.
• Approving all bank postings and other journals prepared by the finance assistant.
• Preparing month end journal postings e.g. prepayments and accruals for CAA Brand Management operations across UK and the rest of EMEA (2 other entities).
• Working with the finance assistant ''Audit proofing'' the business by ensuring all expenses and vendor purchases are supported by appropriate documentation and that this documentation can be found easily.
• Aid the Brand Management finance team as we transition from D365 to SAP.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
• Completed ACA/ACCA qualification or on last exam with a strong fundamental understanding of double entry accounting.
• Experience in consolidating multiple TBs, with attention to detail and understanding all steps required to present a final consolidated TB ready for audit and financial accounts preparation.
• Able to see the big picture, i.e. to think about the whole P&L and balance sheet and anticipate/articulate how certain transactions will affect the accounts.
• Exposure to accounting systems in a previous role, Microsoft Dynamics and/or SAP is ideal but not required.
• Bring a positive, high energy, can-do attitude to the team.
• Inquisitive in nature and always keen to learn more, not afraid to ask questions to keep tasks moving forwards efficiently.
• Works well within a collaborative team building face to face relationships.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.