About the role:
Thames Water requires an experienced management accountant for a 10-12 month maternity cover contract. To work with and support the Developer Services finance team in developing and maintaining a first class management accounting and reporting service in line with strategic business objectives and changes to financial and regulatory reporting frameworks.
To take responsibility for the transactional accounting of assigned cost centres to ensure compliance with both management and statutory accounting standards including month/year end close procedures, cost accruals, journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
Ensure control over the income statement, cash flow and balance sheet through regular reconciliation, review and challenge over assumptions and judgements. Ensure costs are capitalised and matched against capital income in a timely manner.
Assist with the on-going improvement of the financial control environment, through facilitating the documentation of all processes, identification of opportunities to improve financial reporting systems and controls, evaluating the effectiveness of controls, and drafting appropriate recommendations for rectifying control weaknesses and implementing processes improvements.
- The timely and accurate production of management accounting information (including budgeting and forecasting) within required timescales and to a high quality, ensuring performance commentary includes actions required to maintain or improve future financial performance.
- Responsibility for the transactional accounting of assigned cost centres to ensure compliance with both management and statutory accounting standards including month/year end close procedures, cost accruals, journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Ensure control over the income statement, cash flow and balance sheet through regular reconciliation, review and challenge over assumptions and judgements. Ensure costs are capitalised and matched against capital income in a timely manner.
- Assist with the on-going improvement of the financial control environment, including adherence with, and documentation of, current processes and controls
- To deliver allocated projects or larger programmes of work in order to meet Finance or wider business objectives.
To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:
- Qualified chartered accountant (CIMA/ACCA or ACA) with up-to-date financial reporting knowledge (IFRS) and on-hand experience in using the organisations key financial systems (currently SAP, Excel and HFM)
- Strong organisation and administration skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Deadline driven, with an eye for detail
- Builds relationships with business stakeholders
- Can perform effectively in complex and difficult environments
- Proven ability to devise and continuously improve processes
What’s in it for you:
This a great opportunity to join our business at a critical time in a role that you can really make your own.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year (pro rata), a wider benefits scheme. This includes season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by supplying 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes.
As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That’s why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We’re passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future.
We’re also turning waste into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We’re reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We’re using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world’s poorest communities.
Together, we’re building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with an award-winning mental health and wellbeing strategy.