Client Reporting Accountant

Job Reference: /DS/03-04/#####/16

Job Title: Client Reporting Accountant

Location: Ipswich

Salary: Competitive 

Hours per week: Monday ro Friday - 09:00 - 17:00 - 37.5 hours per week 

Business Overview

Atalian Servest and OCS have merged to create a new organisation, the OCS Group UK & Ireland. We are a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services. The company has a turnover of £1.5bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Client Reporting Accountant to join our passionate and driven team based at our Ipswich  office.  

As part of our Client Reporting team, the role will suit a part or newly-qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) who will manages a portfolio of customers and is responsible for ownership P&L reporting, balance sheet review and financial control for their clients, whilst also working with the Finance team to achieve best in practice processes across the team. The Client Reporting Accountant acts as a trusted advisor to the business, partnering with Operations to ensure P&L information is accurate, reliable and timely.

Benefits

• Informal hybrid / flexible working arrangements
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free fruit in our offices
• Employee Referral Scheme (if you refer a successful candidate to one of our vacancies)
• Wide range of retail discounts
• Regular social and charity events held in our offices
• Get involved in charity events in the local community

Wellbeing

• Discounted gym membership
• Eye test £25 voucher and up to £100 towards glasses
• Join our Cycle to Work scheme via salary sacrifice
• Access to “CHROMA”, our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community – join a committee or take part in our D&I initiatives and events
• Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders

Career development and recognition

• Immediate access to “Opportunity” our internal Learning and Development platform
• Required professional membership fees paid for
• Opportunity to win monthly Atalian Servest Superstar Awards
• Long service awards

Key Responsibilities:

• Production and ownership of monthly client reports for a portfolio of clients; ensuring the integrity of the P&L’s project costs & revenue, and scrutinise against client budget.
• Business Partner with Ops and site staff to ensure accuracy of monthly P&Ls and manage monthly reporting cycle.
• Support the monthly billing cycle; highlighting to Accounts Receivable team any changes to contractual billing.
• Ensure all monthly committed costs captured and reflected in updated monthly forecasts.
• Variance analysis and commentary of expenditure vs budget to Ops and site staff
• Assist with preparation of client budgets in conjunction with Ops management
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for respective clients; ensuring all associated accruals, prepayments, deferred & accrued revenue etc. are fully substantiated and supported
• Identify and implement improvements in the client reporting financial controls environment around client reporting, and support migration of client reporting onto Microsoft Dynamics as part of impending system migration.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Finance team and support and assist the Senior Finance Business Partner with ad-hoc tasks as required
• Promote company values and standards, and exhibit appropriate behaviour in accordance with company ethos.

About You:

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
• Part Qualified towards ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
• Newly qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
• Experience in similar roles ideally in the service industry
• Advanced Excel skills
• Previous experience of preparing and analysing individual P&Ls
• Experience with SAP
• Proven experience building  relationships with stakeholders from various levels of the Business within and outside Finance
• Proven experience prioritising under competing deadlines
• Self starter
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics accounting software
• Experience of facilities management, &/or business services companies
• Experience within a large PE backed business going through significant change
• Experience of presenting Financial information to non-Finance staff
• High level of computer literacy with advanced knowledge of Office (Word, Excel, & Power Point) & other systems
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently when required
• Deadline / outcome driven
• Effective communicator – orally & in writing
• Confident self-starter, with proven ability to prioritise multiple tasks to meet competing deadlines
• Attention to detail, but also ability to understand context of role within the ‘bigger picture’ of financial reporting within the company and across the group.
• Busy environment, so will need to be able to focus & prioritise with a flexible approach in order to meet deadlines, and to communicate priorities to line manager and other finance and non-finance stakeholders
• On occasion, a small amount of travel within the UK will be required to support local site teams for respective clients, and to attend review meetings

How to apply

If you are interested to join a business that encourages professional development, career progression and the chance to work with inspirational people then please click apply!

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