Financial Accountant

The role will be primarily responsible for financial accounting and reporting for Smiths detection entities. Further, the role will also be responsible for other assigned responsibilities like Tax support , internal control support etc.

What you’ll do:

• Prepare month end procedures, including monthly journals, such as accruals, payroll, fx revaluations, and ensuring a fully reconciled balance sheet.
• Monitoring the BIS shared service centre to ensure accurate posting of inter-company transactions. Includes ledger maintenance, reconciliations, general ledger transaction processing and reporting of historical financial information.
• Role will also include payroll journals & reconciliations for UK Legal entity.
• Financial Reporting: prepare consolidated financial information ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout the monthly reporting cycle. Includes the preparation of results analysis to key stakeholders, including regional management teams and the upload from SAP to Group consolidation system and preparation of supporting schedules.
• Tax support: partner with the Finance Reporting Manager and tax advisors in preparation of annual Smiths Tax Information packs. Also monthly VAT, Intrastat and similar government reporting for both the UK companies.
• Treasury: partner with the Divisional Treasury Manager and Smiths Group Plc Treasury team to support financing of entities and projects including forecasting and monitoring of entity cash positions.
• Internal Controls: support the team through its internal audit and annual Control Self Assessment.
• Communication: maintain open and clear lines of communications with all relevant stakeholders
• Continuous Improvement: drive efficiencies within Finance team and occasionally the wider business, including looking for opportunities to transfer further transaction processing work into shared services. Challenging the business on areas of process and cost control.
• Ad-hoc projects/requests: complete various ad-hoc projects as required, including the opportunity to get involved in SAP enhancements and support

What you’ll definitely need:

• MBA (Finance)/CA Inter/ICWA
• Working knowledge of IFRS in a medium sized UK company as part of a multinational.
• Practical experience of completing UK Tax packs and VAT returns
• SAP experience preferred
• Strong Excel skills
• Diligent and flexible individual able to follow documentation precisely while also identifying improvements to processes
• The ability to tackle technically complex problems and to understand when to escalate issues
• The ability and motivation to persistently pursue and achieve effective results which drive the business forward.
• The ability to engage, challenge and work effectively with others.
• The ability to build an effective network of internal relationships
• Able to communicate clearly in fluent spoken and written English.
• Willing and able to identify and support change and continuous improvement in own and wider business environment.
• Demonstrates the required functional and/ or technical knowledge and skills to achieve the highest level of accomplishment.

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Diversity

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.