Location: Romford, Essex
Job reference: ACC/MA
Email: HR@nectar.co.uk with your resume and covering letter
Position time : 0900-1730 with 1 hour for lunch
Reporting to: Group Financial Controller
Start date: ASAP
Purpose:
- Supporting the Group Financial Controller and finance department by completing clerical and accounting tasks.
- To provide support to the Head Office and overseas Accounts Team
Areas of responsibility (preferred but not essential)
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly Group management accounts
- Assist in the production of the detailed quarterly accounts
- Carry out monthly balance sheet reconciliations and reviews, correcting any omissions or errors
- Reconcile monthly the Debtors, Creditors and Payables module to the GL
- Developing and contributing to financial systems and policies
- Calculate, post and reconcile the monthly payroll for overseas technicians
- Raise invoices for UK head office fees to overseas subsidiaries / associate companies
- Reconcile and agree, on a monthly basis, intercompany account
- Visiting overseas locations
- Upholding and promoting the Company’s health, safety and compliance procedures
- Assistance with the preparation of the annual Group budget and 3-year forecast
- Monthly review of actual and comparative figures
- Assisting with preparing and answering with the annual audit
- Review, code and post project invoices (disbursements)
- In conjunction with the Commercial Dept. raise code and send sales invoices to customers, as well as monitoring receipts and acknowledging monies received
- Manage and reconcile the foreign and sterling petty cash
- Provide support to Head Office Accounts team with the managing and accounting of our 5 overseas entities at month-end, quarterly reviews, etc. With the goal to provide both cover and develop processes to increase efficiency, quality of reporting and information being provided.
- Any other duties commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience or training
Qualifications
- Ideally educated to degree level but as a minimum, applicants must have at least 5 GCSE (‘O’ level) standard including minimum grade C or 4 in Mathematics and English Language.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in accounts team and currently actively studying for an Accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
Required skills
- Good and concise communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good grammatical and numerical skills
- Good analytical approach to financial management
- High attention to detail
- Able to work using own initiative when necessary
- Competent with IT including Microsoft Office applications especially Excel
- Ability to multi-task, manage workloads and prioritize
- Ability to travel both within the UK and overseas when required
Experience (preferred but not essential)
- Exposure to other cultures in either personal or professional capacity
- Proficient use of Excel in a previous role
- Proficient use of SAGE 300 in a previous role preferable
- Exposure to reporting in USD and other foreign currencies
Person Specification
- Organised and accurate with high attention to detail
- Self-motivated and able to work to strict deadlines in a fast paced, customer focused environment
- A pro-active problem solver
- Effective personal time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks
- Personable with good interpersonal skills and a genuine team player
- Good sense of humour
- Willingness to attend any relevant training courses to develop knowledge and skills
- Ideally an interest in shipping, ports and terminals industry, with an eye on world current affairs
- Willingness to travel oversea
We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees.
Other benefits:
- Pension
- Training
- Free car parking
- International Travel
- Travel insurance
- Travel inoculations
- Death in Service Insurance
- On-site Gym
- 20 days holiday increasing to 25 days
- Holiday purchase scheme and bonus after qualifying period*