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Finance Analyst
- Posted 18 November 2019
- Salary £200 - £300 per day
- Location
- Job type Contract
- Discipline Accounting & Finance
- ReferenceFinance Analyst_1574074497
- Contact NameKelvin Murphy
Job description
Finance Analyst Role - Hammersmith
Purpose of role:
To work within the Planning & Reporting Team to ensure timeliness, accuracy and reliability of monthly actual financial information for the Europe and Africa region.
Responsibilities, including but not limited to:
- Assisting with the collection of financial information from the businesses within Europe and Africa
- Consolidation of monthly USGAAP financial statements in parallel with corporate requirements
- Collating information for monthly and quarterly supplementary submissions
- Making a proactive contribution to progressively improve reporting speed and quality to all stakeholders
- Assisting with establishing and maintaining planning and reporting processes in respect of new lines of business
- Co-ordinating and monitoring responses from Europe & Africa teams for regular and ad-hoc reporting requirements
- Supporting management of Planning & Reporting with supplementary analysis and ad hoc requests Europe & Africa regional management.
- Supporting the monthly recharges of European Regional costs to all territories within the region
- Monitoring the status of actual recharges against budget and ensuring the correct allocation
- Working with Europe & Africa local finance teams to ensure consistent and accurate reporting in compliance with Group policies, local and US GAAP
- Promoting a robust control environment across the Europe & Africa region
- Supporting Europe & Africa local finance teams with Peoplesoft to ensure effective utilisation of the system by all teams
Ad hoc as required with other projects from Europe & Africa Regional Finance team
Person Profile:
- Qualified Accountant with 5+ years of commercial PQE experience within finance
- Excellent team player, who consistently displays a positive attitude
- IT literate with strong Excel skills and accounting systems knowledge
- Good interpersonal skills to communicate both within the Financial Reporting team and with a range of people across various countries
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with experience of managing multiple deadlines
- Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
- Proactive, with quick understanding of the business model
- Proven track records with playing a key role in projects.
- Use of Hyperion reporting systems desirable