Senior Financial Accountant

The Senior Financial Accountant, EMEA is responsible for ensuring the day to day accounts and accounting processes are managed to a high standard. This will involve working closely with our outsourced AP & AR providers to ensure accuracy of data, smooth operations, and timely escalations to the Financial Controller, EMEA. Key Responsibilities: Assist with the month end close process, posting journals as required. Management of 1 Financial Accountants. Liaison with outsourced AP/AR/reporting functions as necessary, especially during month end and quarter close. Support with month end and quarterly Balance Sheet Reconciliations and variance analysis, for review by Financial Controller and HQ corporate team. Preparation of annual statutory accounts, including audit liaison. Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business; Ensure the teams are raising PO’s and processing invoices correctly and provided training where necessary Communicate required changes to processes Assist with their ad-hoc queries; and Understand their operations to ensure month end postings are accurate Key point of contact for the business Providing finance support to commercial and legal teams Overall responsibility for VAT process including reviewing and sign-off of outputs from internal VAT team including VAT returns Review and process monthly/quarterly intercompany recharges. Purchase order and purchasing group hierarchy maintenance. Work closely with our FP&A team to review P&L transactions, compare to budget, analyse variances, and propose corrections and commentary. Work with outsourced billing and collections teams ensuring accuracy and timeliness of collections. Any ad hoc analysis/projects as required for both Finance Controllership and FP&A teams.