Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant
Stokesley
£50,000 - £55,000
Jackson Hogg are delighted to be supporting an exciting business in Stokesley who are seeking to recruit a qualified Financial Accountant. Reporting into the Finance Director, the successful candidate will either be from a practice background looking to make their first move into industry or working in industry already with strong knowledge of UK GAAP. Working alongside a great team that operate within a friendly and supportive culture, this role is fully office based.
Duties and responsibilities:
* Prepare year end statutory accounts for all group entities in line with UK GAAP (FRS 102, and FRS 101 or the small companies regime where applicable) and the Companies Act 2006
* Prepare group consolidated accounts, including intercompany eliminations, goodwill and other adjustments relating to acquisitions/disposals, etc
* Produce year end working papers: fixed asset and depreciation schedules, accruals and prepayments, debtors and creditors, provisions, deferred tax, and balance sheet reconciliations in coordination with the transactional accounting team.
* Own the year end close timetable across all entities and work with site finance staff to compile all required information
* Act as the main point of contact for the external auditors, from planning through to sign-off
* Respond to audit queries, resolve review points and track open items to completion
* Work with the transactional finance team and other departments where required to provide information required by auditors.
* Work with external tax advisers to prepare corporation tax computations and file CT600 returns for all group entities
* Assist upstream group finance staff with transfer pricing calculations
* Calculate current and deferred tax for the accounts
* Liaise with external tax advisers on more complex matters
* Help build and improve the monthly management reporting packs for each site and for the group
* Prepare commentary on variances to budget and prior period, and support site managers in understanding their results
* Contribute to KPI and dashboard development, working with the Finance Director and site teams
You will be/have:
* ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or part-qualified and well advanced (for example, final level) with relevant experience.
* Advanced Excel and experience of an ERP system.
* Power BI or similar (desirable)