Financial Accountant

Portsmouth

6-month contract

£400 per day Umbrella

ARM are delighted to be supporting one of our top clients with the recruitment of a Financial Accountant on an initial 6-month basis.

The primary focus of this role will be to support the financial control team during a busy period of systems implementation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Support with the internal and external audit providing the auditors with all requests in a timely manor to ensure the smooth running of the audit process.
• Working with external parties to ensure timely reporting.
• Provide month end reporting of intragroup balances to other group entities.
• Support on risk management, working with key stakeholders in the business to maintain the existing risk framework.
• Review month end reporting from other team members Balance Sheet Reconciliations and Journal postings.
• Provide support for the team and wider business with technical accounting.
• Gather notes for new processes and policies from the new finance system to support the business.
• Ensure completion of the corporation tax returns including providing information as requested and supporting with onboarding third party support.
• Work alongside the Financial Reporting Lead to support the Head of Financial Control on ad-hoc projects and analysis of future accounting treatment.

About you:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Adept at using systems to identify and implement process improvements
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is motivated by opportunities and challenges
• Excellent time management skills
• Experience of filing corporation tax and company filings (preferred)
• Experience of a Finance System implementation project (preferred)