General Accounting Assistant (Maternity Cover)
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JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a proactive and selfmotivated Assistant Accountant to join our growing Finance Team on a temporary 15month contract to cover a period of maternity this busy and varied role you will bring a meticulous organised approach while developing your skills and contributing effectively within a small collaborative team. Strong prioritisation and workload management will be essential to delivering highquality support in a fastpaced environment.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES.
- Execute weekly domestic and foreign payment runs.
- Execute monthly intercompany netting/settlements
- Managing and processing the monthly employee payroll and servicing any payroll queries
- Completing the payroll journal
- Complete Quarterly Interco recharges for Royalty and R&D services
- Manage and oversea shared service recharges and financial management of shared service accounts
- Complete month end Submission & Corporate reporting schedules.
- Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Complete and file monthly VAT returns.
- Weekly maintenance of TB trial balance.
- Provide ad-hoc support as necessary and provide cover for other team members as required
Cover Responsibilities
- Complete weekly cashflow forecasting to the central Treasury team
- Complete Intercompany & Bank reconciliations (multi-currency).
- Fixed Asset management tagging and reconciliation
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Demonstrative experience in a similar role.
- Recognised Accounting Qualification having undertaken some formal accounting training.
- Experience of using large business software preferably Oracle.
- Advanced user of MS Office packages and especially Excel.
- Building proactive relationships with colleagues at all levels of the business.
- Solid administrative skills with the ability to deliver against tight deadlines.
- Ability to prioritize and manage workload and multiple tasks effectively at pace.
- Experience utilising Process Improvement methodologies and tools (i.e. Lean Manufacturing) would be advantageous.
SKILLS & OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Demonstrated problem solving and work prioritisation skills.
- Good knowledge of payroll and related month end duties
- Ability to keep up to date with technology and apply to business strategic plan.
- Ability to achieve results independently or working with others.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with end-users management and staff.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities involving internal customer requests and demands.
- Ability to excel in a cross-organisational cross cultural global team environment.
- Knowledge of payroll would be useful
- Handle special assignments promptly and professionally.
- Set a high standard of ethics professionalism and competency.
Preferred Additional Skills
- Attention to detail & transactional accuracy
- Accountable & ownership of assigned duties & activities
- Team Player work as part of a team in a collaborative manner
- Process Improvement maximise efficiency and ability to improve end to end processes
- Resilience absorb change & new work practices in line with business requirements
- Communication be able to work cross functionally and to articulate ideas and suggestions
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Invoicing
- Accounting Tally
- Accounting & Finance
- General Ledger Accounting
- Microsoft Excel
- PMP
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Payroll
- Financial Recouncilation
- Financial statement
- ACCA
- CPA
- Financial Reporting
- Bookkeeping
About Company
Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor ... View more
