Financial Accountant (JO014908) London, England
Job Description
1. Position reports to the CLIENT Business Services Manager based in the London office
2. Prepare CLIENT group financial journal entries and manage the upload of CLIENT group invoices and transactions into the EY cloud based financial system provided under an outsourced contract with EY for bookkeeping and payroll services
3. Review and analyze the accuracy and completeness of monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow statements generated from the EY cloud based financial system for CLIENT and its subsidiaries
4. Support the development of the outsourced financial systems, coordinate master data management and pursue improvement initiatives
5. Review multicurrency payments proposals generated from the EY cloud based financial system and coordinate loading of multicurrency payments into the e-banking system with QP Treasury
6. Liaise with contacts in companies where CLIENT has ongoing investment activities and with QP Headquarters Treasury staff to ensure the timely notification and payments of cashcalls for CLIENT corporate requirements and approved CLIENT subsidiary investments
7. Prepare CLIENT group asset investments, intercompany accounts, share capital accounts, bank accounts and other balance sheet reconciliations for approval
8. Prepare the financial reporting components of the comprehensive CLIENT monthly report to QP Headquarters and for CLIENT Board of Directors for approval
9. Prepare the periodic CLIENT consolidated IFRS financial statements and prepare the US GAAP to IFRS financial adjustments for US based subsidiaries in the CLIENT consolidation for approval
10. Coordinate with CLIENT statutory auditors on the audit of CLIENT standalone and CLIENT consolidated group annual statutory financial statements and liaise with QP Headquarters on the consolidation of CLIENT group accounts into the overall QP Group financial statements
11. Prepare the CLIENT group annual financial budget in for submission to the Board of Directors and QP Group for approval
12. Review and update current CLIENT policies and procedures for approval and work with QP Headquarters and external advisors to develop new policies and procedures as required
13. Maintain and prepare quarterly updates to the CLIENT risk register for approval
14. Maintain comprehensive electronic and physical records of all CLIENT contracts, documents, financial transactions, correspondence and coordinate any periodic internal audits with QP Group internal audit.
15. Provide close support to the Business Services manager on initiatives and activities related to the efficient operation and development of CLIENT.
Qualifications
• University degree holder
• Qualified accountant with an ACA or ACCA certification
• 10+ years post-qualification experience in the energy industry
• High proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Extensive experience of statutory, internal audit and control processes
• Strong oral and written communication skills