Financial Accountant - Financial Accounting

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United Kingdom
Entry level
Professional Services
The Role
The Financial Accountant supports the UK CoE Financial Controller by preparing management accounts, budgets, and forecasts, as well as handling IFRS 16 lease accounting and intercompany loans. Responsibilities include month-end reporting, reconciliations, and preparing analyses and reports for various finance departments.
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Job Description

This position is part of the UK Centre of Excellence (UK CoE) Financial Accounting team. The role involves the provision of support to the UK CoE Financial Controller (FC). The main activities concern preparation of UK CoE management accounts, IFRS 16 lease accounting, intercompany loans and reconciling inter-company balances.

Key Relationships:

Internal: the UK CoE Financial Accounting Department; Department Managers; other departments within the UK CoE; the broader AtkinsRéalis Finance community (including overseas FC’s).

External: occasionally AtkinsRéalis suppliers & customers.

Job Description:

  • Preparation of UK CoE management accounts and analysing variances.
  • Preparing budget and forecast information for UK CoE costs.
  • Month end reporting including enrichment and continuity schedules.
  • Prepare journals and reconcile IFRS16 lease accounting entries.
  • Preparing budget and forecast information for IFRS 16 lease accounting.
  • Maintain UK intercompany loans and issue monthly loan summary.
  • Assist with the monthly inter-company reconciliation process.
  • Assistance with the preparation of annual corporation tax packs for 18 statutory companies.
  • Preparation of analysis and reports for Tax, Treasury and Sector Finance departments.
  • Analysis and submission of related party transactions.
  • Preparation of data for the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
  • Supporting the Assistant Accountant in their day to day activities.
  • Technical and Professional Experience.
  • Qualified in a recognised professional accountancy qualification.
  • The candidate must have an advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including use and set-up of Pivot tables and formulas.
  • Experience of an accounting software package.
  • Ideally with good working knowledge of Oracle accounting software.

Behavioural:

  • Sound analytical skills.
  • Customer Awareness.
  • Organised - they must be able to work in a structured way demonstrating an audit trail.
  • Ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
  • Ability to work on own initiative.
  • Ability to work to deadlines.

Read more about how you can thrive with us: Equality, diversity & inclusion in the UK & Europe (atkinsrealis.com) 

Meeting your needs: 

When you start with us, you'll enjoy "Total Reward", a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career. 

Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk about any adjustments you might need. 

New name, new era. We are AtkinsRéalis. It will take some time for all our information to update – you can still refer to our fantastic benefits via the link below: 

YourReward at AtkinsRéalis (atkinsrealis.com) 

More about us: 

AtkinsRéalis is a leading global consultancy with over 100 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world. 

Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects: AtkinsRéalis Projects (atkinsrealis.com) 

Additional Information: 

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance. 

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Worker TypeEmployee

Job TypeRegular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

The Company
HQ: Montreal, QC
43,531 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

We are a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems.
Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world.

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