DescriptionSherwin Business Services General Accounts is responsible for gathering processing and verifying financial data reconciling and ensuring the accuracy of financial information and providing information for required stakeholders.
This team is based out of our Finance office in Witney Oxfordshire and is an ideal move for someone with a Finance background (2-3 years experience) with or without qualifications (as we can support you) German speaking who is looking for a career within Finance.
Ideally you will speak fluent German and English to support our customers and teams and love working with multiple accounts and around the month-end process.
In return we offer support training education a great team environment an attractive salary company pension hybrid working and a career with us!
ResponsibilitiesMonth end close
- Completion of month end close - working to a 2-day close and providing support to the business and finance network
- Preparing and uploading journals generating reports and any other support required by the EMEAI Finance team
- Ensure an understanding of what makes up the balances to ensure postings are correct
- Responding to queries from the business and finance network
- Review of the OneStream reports (P&L/BS/Trend TB) to ensure the accuracy and reasonableness of postings
Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the balance sheet reconciliations working to agreed deadlines
- Working with the finance network and the business to resolve any mispostings
- Maintenance and continuous improvement of balance sheet reconciliations
Interco Cross Charges
- Prepare intercompany cross charges in accordance with SW policy
Audit Support
- Support Internal audits and actioning any audit recommendations as appropriate
- Supporting the External Reporting and Enterprise Reporting & Control teams to ensure that audit requests
Qualifications- A background in Finance (2-3 years ideally)
- Excellent customer service great team collaboration and communication skills
- Fluency in German and English at business level
- Ability to work on multiple accounts and to deadlines
- CICM AAT studier part qualified accountant or other relevant professional qualification an advantage but educational support can be provided
- A knowledge of Oracle is beneficial but all training will be provided
Location: The team work from the Witney office 3 days a week (Monday to Wednesday) and at their home offices on Thursday and Friday
Our offer to you
- An attractive compensation program
- Generous company contributed pension
- Study support (time and financial assistance)
- Hybrid working (3 in the office / 2 days at home)
- Opportunities to buy additional annual leave
- Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment
- Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry
- Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels
- Attractive wellbeing mental health women & inclusion and ID&E programmes
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