Fastmarkets
Commodities, Information Provider, Price Reporting Agency
FinancialReportingAccountant
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“Financial Reporting Accountant at Fastmarkets. Skills: Financial reporting, Consolidated accounts preparation, IFRS, UK GAAP. Supporting the Group Reporting Manager in preparing high quality external reporting of the Group’s financial performance, position and cashflow. Monthly preparation of the Group’s consolidated Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure complete and accurate delivery of financial information; Meet and/or exceed deadlines
Industry & Context.
Solutions-oriented; Use own initiative to identify problems and deliver solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
1 years’ experience in a similar role, Preparing consolidated accounts under IFRS, Preparing UK subsidiary accounts under UK GAAP, Qualified accountant, Working in complex external audit processes
Nice to Have
NetSuite ERP experience, Caseware accounts preparation software experience
What You'll Do.
Supporting the Group Reporting Manager in preparing high quality external reporting of the Group’s financial performance
position and cashflow
Monthly preparation of the Group’s consolidated Income Statement
Balance Sheet and Cashflow
Preparing analysis on all material movements in the balance sheet
cashflow and P&L below EBITDA
Preparing high quality external audit schedules and responses to auditor questions
Preparing an initial draft of the Group and UK subsidiary financial statements
Posting all consolidation
transfer pricing and P&L items below EBITDA journals each month
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ability to build relationships with other team members and departments; Collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
Process & Methodology
Ability to work to targets, achieving objectives and meeting strict deadlines, Results, deadline and quality driven, Use own initiative to identify problems and deliver solutions to meet deadlines, Ability to manage conflict, complexity and challenging targets
Full Job Description
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. The Role * The Group Financial Accountant will be part of the Group Finance team and responsible for supporting the Group Reporting Manager in preparing high quality external reporting of the Group’s financial performance, position and cashflow. Principal Accountabilities * Monthly preparation of the Group’s consolidated Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow for inclusion in the reporting to the Group’s owners and lenders * Preparing analysis on all material movements in the balance sheet, cashflow and P&L below EBITDA. * Preparing high quality external audit schedules and responses to auditor questions * Preparing an initial draft of the Group and UK subsidiary financial statements * Posting all consolidation, intercompany, transfer pricing and P&L items below EBITDA journals each month KEY INTERFACES * Tax & Treasury teams * Commercial Finance team * External auditors * Group Financial Operations team ## Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participat
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