Accounting Lead (Assistant Manager)

Job description

Charterhouse are currently supporting a company, within the Engineering Consultancy space, whom are looking to recruit an Accounting Lead.

About the role
The Assistant Manager professional will take ownership across all areas of financial accounting for the regional business whilst ensuring all financial statements are recorded in alignment with the regulatory requirements. In conjunction, this position also takes responsibility to prepare and oversee all VAT returns on a quarterly basis. With a reporting line to a Regional Finance Manager, the Accounting Lead shall also be expected to manage all areas of transactional accounting, across areas of accounts payable and receivable whilst also overseeing the reconciliation process along with the general ledger maintenance.

The Accounting Lead shall also be required to support collections and any working capital, whilst also ensuring cashflow and work-in-progress reports, can be completed for reporting purposes. These role responsibilities will also extend to the oversight and management of all the internal accounting and booking systems, within SAP, to ensure both accurate data input and financial accounts preparation. This in turn, will extend to both audit oversight and compliance-based group reporting.

About you
Our client will look to recruit a professionally qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA) with a demonstrable background, working within a professional services organisation, along with experience of undertaking an operational finance and accounting-based position. The successful candidate shall be required to understand areas of Tax and regulatory matters, within the regional markets, along with an ability to act as a liaison-point with any internal or external audit partners. The candidates shall ideally understand the concepts of working-capital, cashflow positions and MIS reporting, to allow for business partnering and group reporting.

On top of this, applicants will be required to manage Excel, for analysis purposes, to a high level of proficiency whilst also being familiar with both in-house accounting systems along with experience across SAP ERP platforms. The nature of this organisation will require a candidate, whom is well-versed across a broad range of finance functions, along with an ability to manage senior internal and external stakeholders.