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SAP Senior Accountant

Posted 06 December 2021
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
DisciplineBanking & Insurance
ReferenceJC/SAP/SNRACC/LON

Job Description

The organisation is a private client consultancy, looking to add a home-based/remote SAP senior accountant.

The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert, has excellent logic and problem solving-skills and is driven to make a difference. They must enforce the rules of scrum, putting their team first, promoting self-management and improving our standards of work.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepare and review monthly management accounts and relating reporting and analysis
  • Act as main day to day customer relationship manager for key clients together with associate director
  • Bookkeeping
  • Managing purchase to pay processes and prepare supplier payments
  • Experience handling bookkeeping postings
  • Experience in handling and finalisation of the quarterly VAT returns, monthly management accounts and preparation of yearend audited financial statements
  • Processing of EC sales/intrastat statements
  • Preparation of statutory financial statements
  • Preparation of Corporation Tax Computations
  • Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
  • Respond quickly to and anticipate client requests/needs
  • Liaise with HMRC, clients, banks, other professionals
  • Ensure assignments completed within agreed budgets and inform parties of overruns
  • Ensure firm's quality control procedures are adhered to
  • Identify risk and technical matters
  • Provide overall compliance and technical support on client matters
  • Actively participate in bids/proposals for new work
  • Manage WIP and Billing process

Key Requirements:

  • ACA/ACCA qualified or internationally recognised equivalent
  • 4+ years experience working in a top 6 accounting firm
  • Working knowledge of VAT, CIS and Payroll
  • Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent level of SAP, Microsoft Office Suite, IRIS Accounts Production and Corporation Tax, Xero, Quickbooks, Sage 50, Sage Accounts Production Advanced, Sage Accounts Production, Caseware, Digita, Onesource, Sage Tax
  • Fluency in at least one of either Spanish, Italian, French or Portuguese
  • Accounts production experience essential
  • IFRS/UK GAAP knowledge essential
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Outstanding organisation skills
  • Project management experience
  • Advanced negotiation skills