Seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Financial Accountant to join our dynamic Shared Service Centre team. This individual will play a key role in the execution of critical finance processes, ensuring the timely and accurate processing of financial transactions while adhering to established procedures and controls.
The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles, exceptional attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering high-quality work. They will be a team player with excellent communication skills and a desire to learn and grow within a fast-paced shared service environment.
RequirementsWhat You'll Do:
- Execute month-end close procedures for Intercompany transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Make provisions, accruals, adjustments for bad debt etc. to enable closing the AR-ledger for reporting.
- Make provisions, accruals, clearing of unmatched invoices etc. etc. to enable closing the AP-ledger for reporting.
- Close sub-ledgers, make accruals and reclassifications, regulate provisions, settle VAT, control payroll, and reconcile accounts.
- Perform month-end close activities related to Travel & Expenses, including reconciliation and reporting.
- Manage the month-end close process for Fixed Assets & Leasing, including depreciation runs and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Maintain the Fixed Assets register. Prepare and maintain accurate records for Fixed Assets & Leasing, contributing to reliable financial reporting
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Holding or pursuing a professional qualification is desirable
- Prior experience in a finance or accounting role, preferably within a shared service centre environment
- Prior experience working with ERP systems and specifically D365 is desirable
- Strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles and practices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Fluency in English is essential; proficiency in other languages advantageous (e.g. Spanish, German, French)
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and ability to work effectively in a team environment
Benefits
- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
- We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process
Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status”
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Prior experience in a finance or accounting role
- Experience within a shared service centre environment
- Professional accounting qualification, held or in progress
- Experience with ERP systems, specifically Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Understanding of fundamental accounting principles and practices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Fluency in English
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Additional language proficiency, such as Spanish, German, or French
What We Do
Control Risks exists to make our clients succeed. We are a specialist risk consultancy that helps to create secure, compliant and resilient organisations in an age of ever-changing risk. Working across disciplines, technologies and geographies, everything we do is based on our belief that taking risks is essential to our clients’ success. We provide you with the insight to focus resources and ensure you are prepared to resolve the issues and crises that occur in any ambitious global organisation. We go beyond problem-solving and give you the insight and intelligence you need to realise opportunities and grow. From the boardroom to the remotest location, we have developed an unparalleled ability to bring order to chaos and reassurance to anxiety.
