Our team in Leeds currently has an opening for a Financial Accountant
YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant,reporting to the Head of Tax & Treasury for the UK and Ireland, you will be akey part of the tax and treasury team with theopportunity to get involved in a broad range of work, covering multiple tax,treasury and accounting areas.
Theideal candidate will have strongaccounting credentials and a desire to develop in the areas of tax andtreasury.
As a Financial Accountant, it will be your responsibility to:
1. Take responsibility for theaccounting for treasury related activities including loans, interest,dividends, foreign exchange, hedging.
2. Prepare cash forecasting forthe group to enable efficient cash repatriation, foreign exchange managementand funding for business needs.
3. Prepare statutory accounts forthe group holding companies.
4. Preparation a variety of tax returns including corporate tax returns, VAT, Plastics packagingtaxes.
5. Assist with the accounting for taxes.
6. Supporting,monitoring and calculating Group-wide transfer pricing and documentation.
7. Involvement on avariety of tax and treasury projects both in the UK and overseas (e.g. transferpricing, system development, corporate simplification, acquisition tax duediligence/support).
8. Supporting environmental reporting and environmental taxes
YOUR PROFILE
Asthe successful candidate you will:
9. Be a qualifiedfinancial accountant (CA / ACA / ACCA)
10. Have excellentcommunication skills, both verbal and written.
11. Be competent withMS Office applications (or similar), with a good knowledge of Excel.
12. Be motivated tolearn and develop in the areas of tax and treasury
Trainingwill be provided on the job, but any additional experience in the below areaswould be beneficial:
13. Knowledge of UK corporation tax and tax accounting
14. Knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP financial accounting
15. Knowledge of UK VAT and an awareness of employment taxes / PAYE
Inreturn, we offer a competitive salary and package.