Exciting opportunity for an Intercompany and Project Accountant to join us in Edinburgh. This role is crucial for managing financial transactions between different entities within the firm, and advance key projects that will enhance the organisation.
About the role
In this role, you can expect to get involved in a variety of work including:
· Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of intercompany accounting procedures.
· Assist in key projects: working closely with project managers and other stakeholders to provide financial insights, support decision-making and drive projects to completion.
· Processing of Intercompany Transactions: Process intercompany transactions, ensuring accurate recording in the general ledger.
· Invoice Preparation: Generate intercompany invoices to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal policies and accounting standards.
· Reconciliation: Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations of intercompany accounts to ensure all balances are accurate and discrepancies are resolved promptly.
· Collaboration: Work closely with finance teams across various departments and international offices to gather necessary financial data, facilitate transactions, and resolve discrepancies.
· Compliance: Ensure all intercompany transactions comply with company policies, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), FRS 102 and other regulatory requirements.
· Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation of consolidated financial statements by ensuring that intercompany transactions are accurately reflected.
· Audit Support: Participate in internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations for intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
· Documentation & Record Keeping: Maintain accurate records, document project transactions, and ensure data integrity.
About you
We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must meet the following skills and experience:
· Financial Acumen: Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial analysis, and project management.
· Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse complex financial data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
· Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
· Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in financial documentation and reporting.
· Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in financial software (3E desirable but not essential), spreadsheet applications, and project management tools.
· Project Management: Solid planning and project management skills with experience with automation and AI focusing on tracking the costs, progress and driving to completion of specific projects.
· Holds an accountancy qualification (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or similar), very close to qualifying or several years being QBE.
What’s in it for you?
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
Flexible, hybrid working policy
Generous bonus scheme
Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
Holiday exchange scheme
Private medical insurance
Enhanced parental leave
Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
Are you a MENA-based business seeking investments abroad, or a multinational looking to enter, establish or grow your business interests in the dynamic markets of MENA? With our lawyers based throughout the key regional commercial centres, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria and Turkey, CMS MENA has the resources and expertise to support all aspects of your business.
If you’re looking for new markets, investment opportunities, implementation of new strategies or have a dispute to resolve, we have specialist teams of over 125 lawyers on the ground to help across some of the region’s most exciting economies. Our local knowledge and business savvy approach means we give you both commercial and legal insight to make the most of the opportunities in the region. Our sector focus gives us a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ businesses and markets and allows us to constantly deliver sound and commercially relevant advice from any of our offices We focus on relationships, not deals, and we are considered more approachable and accessible than many of our competitors. Our clients tell us that they like working with us and that we’re often seen as the human face of the law.
International law firm CMS has over 5,000 lawyers in 79 locations worldwide to help organisations thrive in changing times. Through our technical rigour, strategic expertise and deep focus on building long-term partnerships, we are committed to putting our clients and their business success first.
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