Financial Accountant in London

Location: London
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: ISS
Job Hours: Full-time

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Job Description

As Financial Accountant, you will concentrate on balance sheet control and income statement management. Working closely with the Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll actively contribute to process improvements and cost management efficiencies.

Your responsibilities will include fulfilling financial duties for customer contracts, ensuring accurate reporting and timely reconciliations.

In this 12-month FTC role, you will play a key part in driving important financial processes, with a focus on understanding and addressing finance-related needs proactively. The role is integral to delivering value-added financial services to account leadership and customers, aligning with the business objectives of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Working within a robust internal financial controls framework, completing controls self-assessments, ensuring control procedures are adhered to and financial control recommendations are implemented
  • Completion of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring compliance with the UK&I reconciliation requirements, and drive accuracy in financial reporting by proactively ensuring reviewer recommendations are implemented
  • Supporting the external audit, Group and UK&I internal audits and financial controls & assurance reviews
  • Month-End Close cycle for all allocated accounts
  • Month-End Close activities, including the calculation, review and processing of all accruals, prepayments, revenue related transactions across customer contracts
  • Supporting the Senior Financial Accountant in the review of overdue accounts receivable, and trade working capital reports and taking corrective action where required
  • Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

  • Qualified or part qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent qualification by experience
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Analytical skills and the ability to interpret and pass on complex information
  • Good judgement and decision-making skills
  • Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • The Company

    ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

    Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

    We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.

    ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

    ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background

    Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.


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