Company description: Location: Addlestone,England,United Kingdom Job ID: 76865 We Elevate... Quality of urban life Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than twobillion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, youll discover meaningful work that enhancesquality of life for communities, and contribute to making places moreaccessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. We combine innovation, safety, and high ethical standards, ensuring respectboth among colleagues and for the world around us. By joining us, you dontjust become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continueour rich legacy that started back in 1874. Job description: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and technical Financial Accountant to join our Accounting & Shared Services Team for Schindler UK&I. As a member of the Accounting & Shared Services function, the ideal candidate comes with a good grasp of financial accounting knowledge; and is a key business contact for Group Accounting and Reporting team and key third Party expert partners. While this role focuses on financial accounting matters, the individual will also provide coverage for absent team members (management accounting and treasury; and vice versa). This role is an excellent chance for you to expand your existing skills in a large, global organisation within a territory that gets a lot of attention from the Europe Zone it reports into, as well as the Group Top Management. At Schindler, we have a great culture that is inclusive and supportive. There is potential for real growth both personally and professionally within the local and global Schindler organisation. You will get the opportunity to work with a great bunch of people and get supported in your development. Duties & Responsibilities: Preparation of Statutory Accounts, Income Statements, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Perform balance sheet accounts reconciliations for designated area of responsibility. Monthly accruals for interest on loan and taxes; including deferment accounts. Tax returns preparation and submissions; includes CIS calculations and submissions to HMRC Dealing with Subcontractor (CIS deduction statements) and HMRC queries Concur (Expense system) - processing, supporting all member expense claims (monthly, weekly), queries Manage approval of new vendors Periodic (monthly, quarterly, half year and annual) Tagetik (Group) Reporting and data inputs as required for income statements, balance sheet and cashflow. This includes monthly actuals and quarterly forecast process Pulse (Corporate PowerBI) Reports: Grasp, create and circulate key reports to internal stakeholders. Capex reporting HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) Returns and Office of National Statistics maintaining register, ensuring compliance and on-time reporting Business Payment Practices and Performance Reporting to HMRC Work with Legal on statutory returns as appropriate, includes Group Tax reporting obligations Profile description: Candidate Requirements: Strong statutory reporting and financial accounting fundamentals Strong organization, excellent time management, planning and analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail At least 3 years experience in a finance environment Clear communication skills for both internal and external interactions Professional accounting qualification is required, studying (or willing to study) AAT qualification and progress to ACCA (or similar qualification) is of advantage Proficient use of Excel. PowerBI knowledge (or aptitude to learn) is a must SAP experience will be highly regarded Ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines Can work independently as well as part of a team Ability to review current process and think creatively to suggest and drive improvement and automation Enjoy working with people across finance and non-finance teams and be comfortable working in multiple accounting systems, and with a good work ethic Technical knowledge of latest IFRS, with regular maintenance Excellent work ethic, a collaborative approach across of the departments is a must Confidence to communicate with all levels within the business and external parties such as banks Enjoy working with people across finance and non-finance teams and be comfortable working in multiple accounting systems Determination and flexibility to ensure all deadlines are met JBRP1_UKTJ
