Intertek
Assistant Financial Accountant
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Assistant Financial Accountant Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Assistant Financial Accountant to join our UK Finance team in Essex. Develop your expertise across statutory reporting, tax, treasury and audit while advancing your career in a supportive environment.
About You:
- You are a detail-oriented finance professional who is ACA/ACCA part-qualified or AAT qualified, with experience supporting audits and working in a strong control environment.
- You have excellent communication skills, strong technical accounting knowledge, and the ability to manage deadlines while maintaining accuracy and compliance.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Part qualified professional accounting qualification (ACA or ACCA) or AAT qualified.
- Proven experience of planning, preparing and reviewing audits.
- Experience of liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of working in a strong Control environment and enforcing compliance against that framework.
- Must be enthusiastic, personable and have excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Independent problem-solver/decision-maker; works without significant guidance. Able to identify root causes of issues and develop solutions to resolve issues efficiently.
- Must be a strong technical accountant with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver on deadlines, demonstrating good organisational skills.
- Experience in using a Finance ERP system and strong Excel skills. Experience with IBM Cognos Controller, PeopleSoft or Sun Systems would be advantageous.
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About the Opportunity: Reporting to the Senior Reporting Accountant, you'll support the delivery of accurate statutory accounts and regulatory filings across UK entities. Working closely with tax, treasury and audit teams, you'll help ensure compliance, support audits, contribute to process improvements, and gain valuable exposure to a broad range of technical accounting activities.
- Support the on-time, accurate production of Statutory Accounts across UK entities, reporting into the Senior Reporting Accountant.
- Prepare statutory filings, including VAT, P11D, PSA and Overseas Branch tax workings.
- Act as a secondary point of contact for tax queries and liaise with Group Tax teams to resolve audit-related queries.
- Support the rollout of regulatory and statutory changes across the UK, including IFRS 16.
- Assist with treasury management, including ICO loan/funding requests and dividend payment planning.
- Support transfer pricing queries and the Legal Entity Rationalisation programme.
- Support internal and external audit activity, including liaison with auditors and Site Business Line Directors/Managers.
- Support routine CMC reporting and remediation, and assist with UK audits of CMC compliance.
- Help issue technical guidance and policy documents, and support compliance checks against legislative and policy changes.
- Assist with balance sheet audit and compliance reviews.
- Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring open items are cleared timely; Reviewing the recs performed by peers and supporting clearance of open items.
- Manage special projects undertaken by the team on process improvement and support the statutory reporting team with audit requests.
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What We Offer: Join Intertek and become part of our global network of inspiring and entrepreneurial colleagues. We are a global family that values diversity and we thrive working together with precision, pace and passion. We are working to make the world Ever Better, ensuring the quality, safety and sustainability of products and services used by millions of people around the world.
- Competitive salary/benefits.
- Development and career opportunities around the Globe.
- Working in a highly motivated team and dynamic working environment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate against applicants, and all qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring our colleagues are compensated in line with independently assessed living standards. We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment to support candidates and employees with disabilities or special needs.
Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement, and we do not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies.
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