My Client, a Global Leading Tech business based in the City of London is recruitnig for a Corporate Accountant to join their head office team.

Responsibilities

• Management and control of Head Office Overhead actuals.
• Ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepare monthly Central Overhead reports of actuals and commitments versus budget/forecast for all departments and review reports with budget holders and senior personnel.
• Review monthly Overhead expenditure - including correction of posting errors.
• Posting of accruals & prepayments and recharges
• Prepare monthly Overhead "Flash" forecast including analysis versus budget/quarterly forecast
• Manage the monthly project accounting for IT budgets.
• Production of monthly Fixed Asset register. Including impairment and retirement
• Expert approver of Assets
• Perform Monthly depreciation run ensuring that there are no unexplainable differences
• Manage monthly Balance Sheet report, and ensure all reconciliations are filed and signed.
• Prepare month end reconciliations of accruals, prepayments, recharges and fixed assets.
• Reconcile and post the monthly payroll for UK based companies
• Produce a monthly reconciliation of payroll postings to payments made to employees, Pension Fund and HMRC
• Produce a monthly head count report ensuring that heads are reported in correct cost centre and liaising with HR to ensure any variances' are explained and corrected
• Prepare all recharges for month end prior to month end close and ensuring that the recharge account is reconciled fully on a monthly basis.
• Review and approve Overhead Purchase Requisitions on behalf of Finance, ensuring accuracy and adherence to purchasing principles
• Support Accounts Payable team with Overhead specific queries
• Assist business users with SAP related issues
• Provide GTO with relevant tax information with regards to overhead costs
• Assist Internal audit, SOX audit and External audit teams with general ledger data requests and ensure all requested data is accurate and provided to requested timelines.

Preferred Experience

• Minimum of five years post qualified proven financial accounting experience working within a large multinational organisation
• Strong technical accounting skills - qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Previous proven experience of managing a team
• Previous proven experience of payroll reporting
• Previous experience of project accounting and managing large project budgets.
• Systems literate - with experience of SAP, Business Warehouse, BPC with an intermediate level of Excel competency