Assistant Financial Accountant

Morson Talent

  • Glasgow
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
  • Apply easily
Our client Scottish Power are currently recruiting for an Assistant Financial Accountant to join the team on a contract basis based in Glasgow City Centre.
This will be a contract role for 12 months and a hybrid role.Job Purpose Statement
Support the Group Accounting Manager (GAM), Group Derivative Accounting Manager (GDAM) or Group Accountants as appropriate in performing the key tasks for the Group Financial Accounting (GFA) department as follows:
1.Business Processes: Contribute to ensuring that any existing business processes, new business processes and any technical accounting developments which have financial implications for the group accounts are accurately reflected in the general ledger and related accounting models.
2.Ledger management, accounting and reporting: Help ensure that appropriate ledger structures are in place across the ScottishPower group (SPW), that technical accounting developments are incorporate where appropriate. Posting centralised transactions accurately and timeously.
3.Controls: Implement centralised control processes for the general ledger and related accounting modules for SPW to ensure that accurate financial information flows into the Iberdrola group (IBE) reporting and is compliant with all relevant accounting and legal requirements.Accountability Statements1. Business processes
1.1. Support the GAM/GDAM in working with business and business Control teams to help ensure that any existing or new business processes which have financial implications for the SPW accounts are accurately reflected in the general ledger and related accounting models by:
  • Ensure a good working understanding of the relevant business systems feeding into the general ledger and related accounting models.
  • Challenge and influence performers of existing and proposed business processes to identify and deliver efficiency benefits.
  • Assisting with specific process change initiatives/projects and ensuring that issues are escalated to management where appropriate;
  • Implementing process changes, helping ensure that all business users of any new processes are adequately briefed and trained;
  • Updating processes and procedures documents clearly and concisely and maintaining it thereafter.
  • Monitor the success of process changes post-implementation and take action as appropriate
2. Ledger management, accounting and reporting2.1. Assist SPW divisional Control teams in:
  • creating appropriate ledger structures (“transactional master data”) and review proposed changes before submission to IBE Control
  • ensuring that all analytical elements within the system are being used correctly to optimise reporting capability;
  • dealing with queries as required through the departmental “mailbox”;
2.2. Maintain and demonstrate a good technical accounting knowledge to help ensure that:
  • any developments are accurately and efficiently reflected in the general ledger and related accounting models;
  • the implications of any changes to the financial statements are fully understood and clearly explained to management;
2.3. Post specific centralised transactions, as defined by the IBE Control model, including certain fixed asset and payroll related transactions, ensuring that the postings are accurate, timely and that the associated processes are efficient;
2.4. Prepare designated statutory disclosure information accurately and efficiently within group timescales.3. Controls3.1. Implement specific control processes for the general ledger and related accounting modules for the SPW group to help ensure that accurate financial information flows into internal and IBE reporting by:
  • Analysing key accounting behaviour

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