Accountant (12 month FTC)

Job description

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an

inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for an Accountant pn a 12 month FTC to ensure an efficient standardised process is in place to enable governance, reporting and accuracy of financial information channelled through an excellent service delivery to the wider Business Unit. Responsible for the management of costing journals, recharges, and balance sheet reconciliations. Leading and developing a team of assistant accountants.

What you'll do:

• Manage the costing process for unmatched supplier invoices (IT rentals, business rates, temp workers etc.)
• Manage the inputting & review process for standard journals to general & project ledger
• Manage the intercompany recharge process
• Managing audit queries relating to costing journals, recharges and balance sheet reconciliations
• Provide key support and cover to the FSD Manager
• Evaluate and assist in the interpretation and implementation of accounting policies/changes within the teams processes
• Managing the review of primary balance sheet accounts, and reconciling key journal control accounts
• Responsible for leading and developing a team of assistant accountants
• Continuous process improvement and maintenance of process documents - focusing on harmonisation across the various operating units supported by automations

What you'll bring to the role:

• Accountancy professional qualification (Part-qualified) - CIMA/ACCA
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• ERP system knowledge, Oracle Fusion preferred
• A thorough and up-to-date knowledge of financial and management accounting practices
• Detailed and analytical
• Customer focused - experience of working in a shared service environment preferred
• Demonstration of process improvement and automation

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [email protected] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [email protected]

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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