Required knowledge and experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline.

• Member of one of the professional accounting bodies.

 • 2+ years of progressive controlling / planning / finance / accounting preferably in both an operational and corporate environment.

• Knowledge / understanding and applicability of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 • Working knowledge / familiarity with international regulations and laws on accounting and taxation.

• Previous working experience of SAP and Tableau considered an asset and intermediate / advanced Excel skills required.

• Developed proficiency in the competencies:

   o Collaborate for Achievement

   o Communicate Effectively

   o Develop Self and Others

   o Act with Entrepreneurial Drive

Responsibilities

Financial Accounting, Reporting & Planning:

• Prepare and analyze daily trading profit/loss reports.

• Prepare daily broker reconciliations.

Month-End Reporting

• Prepare and post journal entries using SAP.

• Complete monthly journals reclassifying trade debtors and creditors, finance changes and committed inventory and bank balances.

• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts at month end.

• Prepare and submit legal entity group reporting in Condor for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.

• Prepare the overall monthly management accounts package in a timely and accurate manner, which includes trading analysis of the trading profit/loss, reconciliation of earnings before tax and review of expenses including travel and entertaining analysis.

• Prepare fixed assets schedule and agree back to general ledger at month-end.

• Prepare debtors and creditors analyses.

• Support digitalisation of processes to improve efficiency and enhance analytical performance.

Year-End Reporting

• Prepare and submit year-end Notes package for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.

 • Liaise with the external auditors during the year-end group reporting process.

• Involvement in preparation of the statutory accounts.

Tax Management

• Prepare tax returns, analyse VAT (UK and foreign equivalents) and provide cost summary analysis for corporation tax purposes.

• Assist in tax-related inquiries.

Treasury

• Assist in cash management, e.g. management of foreign exposures, in accordance with Corporate policies and procedures.

• Respond to inquiries from the Treasury department regarding cash flow and liquidity.

Forecasts and Budgets

• Prepare the monthly forecasting for the revenue streams and expenses.

• Preparation of the annual budget.

• Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasting.

Compliance:

• Ensure that a robust system of internal controls exists to satisfy internal, year-end, Financial Reporting Compliance (FRS) audits and FCA regulations in a timely manner, including an update of Process Controls as and when required.

Ad-hoc Projects

• Provide project support, assistance, and cover for other team members when and as needed.

Work environment:

• This position reports directly to the Finance Manager, Precious and Base Metal Services.

 • Under supervision, the position handles Accounting/Finance/Controlling for the assigned companies.

Internal and external relationships 

• Interacts with local finance organizations in Tokyo, Shanghai & New Jersey and corporate departments in Germany.

• Interacts frequently with all levels of the business unit, local finance organizations and corporate departments.

• Interacts with both external and internal auditors.