Financial Accountant – Mat Cover
Gopuff
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Prepare and review month-end journals by working with different areas of the business to ensure all transactions are properly reflected.
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the company's financial statements in accordance with the US GAAP and local GAAP standards.
- Prepare flux and variance explanations as part of the monthly close process.
- Prepare materials for internal and external reporting on a monthly and annual basis.
- Review balances for certain areas, and produce reconciliations of both US GAAP ledgers and Local GAAP ledgers to ensure any differences are timely addressed.
- Provide support for the annual US financial statement audit, periodic internal audits, and local statutory audits.
- Build, document and support process improvements.
- Maintain the VAT register for VAT returns and submissions.
- Ad-hoc support to the International accounting team where required.
Requirements
- Qualified (CPA, ACCA, or ACA)
- Exceptional analytical and Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLookUps, etc.
- Strong knowledge of management accounting and financial accounting.
- Ability to work under pressure and perform several tasks concurrently in a deadline driven environment.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills, and superior attention to detail.
- Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organisation.
- A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to multi-task, think creatively, and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Detail-oriented with a high sense of urgency.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Strong work ethic with the ability to work extended hours during critical periods.
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with a team.
- Experience with Oracle and XERO is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
- Inclusive workplace culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
month-end journalsUS GAAPlocal GAAPflux and variance explanationsfinancial statement auditVAT registermanagement accountingfinancial accountingExcelPivot Tables
Soft Skills
analytical skillscritical thinkingproblem solvingattention to detailverbal communicationwritten communicationproactivemulti-taskingorganisational skillswork ethic
Certifications
CPAACCAACA