External Job Advertisement: Management Accountant (Polish Speaking)
John Hellyar & Company Ltd has been the UK's leading independent compounder and distributor of thermoplastics for over 50 years with a subsidiary in Poland. Internationally, our name is synonymous with the consistent and reliability of quality plastic solutions. We are recruiting for a Management Accountant (Polish Speaking) with experience of Polish accounting. Our office is based in Whitstable in Kent so the applicant must be willing to work in the UK but connect to our Polish subsidiary. There will be contact with local Polish bank, tax office and contact with our Accounts Payable clerk in Poland.
This position is initially temporary for 3 months with a view to permanent. The hours of work are 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday or 3 days a week part time.
We offer 22 days' annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays and a generous employer pension contribution.
An application form is available on request email:
The closing date for applications is Friday 17 October.
Main duties include:
To ensure that a smooth service is provided by Accounting – ensuring invoices and cash is on the system, debts are collected promptly and relevant legislation is complied with.
* The person should analyse each week the outstanding debts
* Supplier invoices – should be posted to the correct account. Meaning stock items and non stock items are correctly posted
* Cash should be monitored each week and a cashflow produced weekly
* Improvements should be encouraged to see if there are better ways to do things while achieving good reliable and accurate results
Prepare monthly management accounts for review with the Finance and Operations Director in the UK by the 5th working day of each month. This should include key balance sheet account reconciliation's and ensuring bank reconciliation's are up to date.
* Profit and loss
* Trial balance
* Accruals
* Prepayments
* Fixed Assets
* GRNI
* Inventory
* Banks
* Interco Reconciliation
Year-end full analysis file for audit review by 20th July. This will include reconciliation's of key P & L accounts for tax – all copy invoices and a complete audit file ready for auditors and agreeing balances with business partners.
Additional ad hoc reports such as cash flows and cost analysis.
* Analyse stock in detail for old stock and obsolete, find ways to reduce stock but keep customer demand on time.
* Calculate stock days.
* Budgets – analyse last year and put a budget proposal together with you to present to F&OD, put together all schedules in the budget pack
* Payroll and analysis
Maintain overheads below budget and reporting on variances to Finance and Operations Director within UK.
* Control all costs, if above budget, put actions in place to reduce costs or keep under control – this may cause conflict with people, this should be handled with care and keeping people in harmony, but firmly
Detail of Duties:
a. Communication with other departments, especially with the management of the sales department, in order to signal financial problems and suggest their solution particularly with regard to credit lines and margin analysis
b. Analysis of stock movements and working to control stock levels.
c. Responsibility for developing a chart of accounts in accordance with Finance and Operations Director and respecting specific reporting standards, controlling requirements and tax law in Poland
d. Responsibility for the procedure of confirming balances with contractors, settling the inventory of the company's assets, keeping all accounting records
e. Preparing management reports for banks, external institutions and external finance advisors and Finance and Operations Director
f. Contacting and cooperation with external institutions, in association with BPG (US, ZUS, GUS, NBP)
g. Responsible for the accuracy of tax settlements and reporting of any issues to Finance and Operations Director
h. Preparation of payments and their control in terms of amount and legitimacy.
i. Keeping records of tax revenues and costs
j. Responsible for the accuracy of VAT settlement and reporting
k. Issuing and posting invoices
l. Settlement and payment of insurance premiums for the company's employees to ZUS in conjunction with payroll advisors
m. Payment of employee salaries, as well as settlement of bonuses and other salary supplements
Controlling the documentation of financial transactions, e.g. repayment of debts and receivables, cash.
Job Type: Temp to perm
Contract length: 3 months
Pay: £18.00 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
Work Location: In person