Purpose

• To manage accounting and reporting for two legal entities in EMEA supporting the wider EMEA accounting operations team.
• Working independently, with other functions and outside service providers to deliver local country compliance, including direct and indirect taxes.
• First point of contact for any matters/ issues within their entity.

Key responsibilities and deliverables

• Booking month end journal entries - accruals, prepayment, intercompany, tax adjustments, payroll etc.
• Monitoring other general ledger activities for their entities, such as AP and cash management.
• Preparing Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing local compliance filings for indirect and direct tax working with the tax team and their group lead (and outside providers where applicable).
• Preparing other local compliance filings such as statistical returns working with their group lead (and outside providers where applicable).
• Preparing local GAAP financial statements working with their group lead (and outside providers where applicable).
• Working together with the wider EMEA finance team to deliver improvements and consistency across processes.
• Other ad hoc tasks.

Specific skills and experience

• Part-qualified or QBE accountant with experience in a similar role is essential.
• Ability to apply accounting concepts to day to day tasks.
• Good excel skills.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• A self-starter who is comfortable operating both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with staff at all levels.

This role offers a great opportunity for someone who is passionate to expand their knowledge on application of accounting concepts, financial reporting, legal entity reporting and compliance for EMEA entities.