Accountant

Bristol

3-6 months initially

PRESENTATION OF THE CONTEXT / TEAM

The organization Strategic Programs and Group Operations Finance regroups the transversal functions within Group Operations in the areas of Tax, Accounting, Finance Controlling & Performance. They are composed of 4 teams with respective accountabilities:

• Strategic Plan & Efficiency

• Manage and actively follow the objectives of the strategic plan of Group Operations, productivity as well as the reports on investment/profitability
• Manage the improvement and simplification of the finance processes
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Produce the detailed financial information, up to date and targeted to allow analysis of changes and assist the decision-making process
• Create regular dialogue and confidence with the entities through governance, invoicing and structured, transparent reports

• Costing & Pricing

• Centre of expertise for costing/pricing to support the transformation of AXA Services in order to evolve the model of « cost control » to a model of « product orientated », transparent and competitive
• Ensure a financial support to operational teams

• Accounting / Tax

• Harmonise the accounting procedures
• Produce reliable and accurate accounting data respecting the accounting principles recognised locally and by the Group

The teams share a common objective to improve productivity through:

• The simplification and the improvement of finance process and rules
• The globalization of the governance, the alignment of procedures between countries
• The management of strategic objectives and the regular creation of reports on investment and profitability
• The financial support for operational teams

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Group Operations UK accountant, the external accounting expert ensures that the closings & especially the FY 2021 statutory annual closing of the entity are of high quality & done on time.

MISSIONS

The accounting process includes the following streams: billing, purchase to pay and tax.

• Contribute to the monthly closings of Group Operations UK and especially the 2021 year-end closing
• Contributes to a timely production and reliability of the financial statements and tax declarations
• Ensure compliance with UK accounting rules and group's internal control rules
• Help with account reconciliations and journal entries preparation (general ledger, subledgers, banks)
• Review and correction of shared service centers entries
• Produce bank reconciliations
• Assist in analyzing balance sheets and other accounting and tax reports
• Help to fill in tax returns
• Assist in justifying accounts
• Provide management with on time & relevant accounting data

PROFILE

Knowledge

• Possess strong accounting (fixed assets management, AP & AR, provisions, banks, P&L and cut-off principles, general knowledge of UK accounting rules) & tax skills
• Strong experience with ERP (Oracle-Peoplesoft) and excel

Skills

• Communication
• Responsiveness
• Ethical
• Ability to work in a remote team
• Ability to drive results in a fast-paced/deadline-oriented environment
• Resourceful, creative problem solver with a "can-do" attitude
• Ability to work independently