Treasury/Cash Accountant (German speaking)
Accountant Recruitment
- London
- 26,000-27,999 per annum
- March 20, 2019
- Permanent
About the Job:
Hays are excited to be working in partnership with Bio-Rad, since 1952 Bio-Rad laboratories have been advancing scientific discovery by manufacturing and distributing a broad range of products for the life sciences, research and clinical diagnostics market. Due to experiencing significant growth they are opening a new Shared Service Centre in Watford next to Watford Junction in January 2017.Bio-Rad are looking for an RTR Treasury/In-house cash Accountant, you will need to be fluent in German. You will be responsible for ensuring Treasury (including cash and investments) Transactions within the EMEA Finance Shared Services Centre (FSSC) are captured and reported accurately and timely in the company’s financial statements in accordance to US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles – as well as, helping to drive standardisation and harmonisation of all Fixed Asset accounting processes for EMEA. The primary focus of this role is Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
As a Treasury/In-house cash Accountant, You will maintain Treasury related accounts for entities that are covered by the EMEA FSSC including:
- Updating and maintaining Treasury related accounts for US GAAP & Statutory reporting
- Timely and accurate daily/monthly cash and investment related balance sheet account reconciliations as per template used by the EMEA FSSC
- Processing of in-house Cash Transactions and Treasury related investment
- Timely analysis, identification, communication and resolution of balance sheet account reconciliation issues
- Assigns transaction codes to documents
- Prepares journal entries to general ledger
- Assures documents being processed are included in the appropriate accounting period
- Analyses and verifies internal consistency, completeness, and arithmetic accuracy of accounting documents
- Analyses and researches and corrects issues related to accounting
- Communicates issues with errors, procedure violations and discrepancies with all levels of management
- Coordinates the activities of junior accountants
- Assists when monthly reporting to Corporate (M’s and Q’s) as per Bio-Rad policies and procedures are submitted
- Updates and maintains month-end/quarter-end/year-end closing schedules
- Performs balance sheet and income statement account analyses and actual versus budget comparisons to determine if there are missing entries or significant variances
- Processes accruals during month-end close
- Assists in preparation of QVRs
- Coordinates the activities of junior accountants
- Performs internal control reviews for assigned control objectives required by section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley
- Coordinates internal and external audit requests – before, during and after – as well as the completion of audit-required analyses.
- Answers auditing questions and resolves auditing issues.
- Ensures compliance with applicable Corporate Policies and Procedures
- Fluent (orally and in writing) in English and German is essential
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- ERP System Experience – SAP is essential
- Strong knowledge of internal controls and US GAAP accounting
- Strong analytical and problem solving background.
- Experience in process and project management skills, process redesign and/or efficiency
- Innovative and able to think analytically and conceptually.
- Finance SSC experience in large MNC with a high volume, performance driven environment
- Experience in Treasury accounting for a large US Multinational company
- Experience identifying and investigating discrepancies in accounting records
- General ledger accounting experience including accountant analyses and expense analysis
For more information about the role and organisation please visit their dedicated recruitment website hays.co.uk/jobs/bio-rad or please apply now with an up to date CV.
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