Job Description
Company description:
About A-SAFE and the role:
The A-SAFE Group is a leading global workplace safety solutions provider. Since 1984, the business has been pioneering state-of-the-art solutions that safeguard people and assets across a variety of sectors, all around the world.
Innovation has been a watchword for A-SAFE since the companys very beginning, with the business being the inventor and original manufacturer of the worlds first industrial strength polymer barrier safety system. The business continues to pioneer game-changing workplace safety technology to this day, supplying warehouses, factories, airports, car parks and other industrial workplaces worldwide.
A truly global business, the A-SAFE Group is headquartered in the UK and has 17 international subsidiaries, including Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Belgium, Spain, USA, UAE, Japan and Canada, as well as a host of trusted global partners, meaning the business is represented in more than 65 countries worldwide.
The A-SAFE Group operates state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the UK and maintains global distribution networks and facilities, allowing the business to provide innovative solutions to the worlds largest and best-known brands including Nestlé, Coca-Cola, BMW, 3M, Heathrow Airport, Unilever, Amazon, and Jaguar Land Rover.
Job description:
Key Deliverables:
Produce management accounts for multiple overseas subsidiaries.
Provide insight into performance issues.
Strong balance sheet control and support of A-SAFE's policies and procedures.
Support the roll out of a new global ERP system.
Key Accountabilities:
Manage and support the performance and development of Assistant Management Accountant.
Liaise regularly with overseas finance staff to ensure accounts are closed in line with the month end timetable and ensure that any P&L performance issues are fully understood.
Work with subsidiary management and finance staff to identify and improve performance issues.
Manage subsidiary working capital in areas such as aged debt and cash flow forecasting.
Involvement in performance review meetings with subsidiary and HQ management.
Effectively reconcile and resolve any balance sheet issues to ensure accuracy and timeliness of P&L performance.
Ensure newly acquired subsidiaries are successfully integrated into A-Safes policies, procedures and systems.
Support any subsidiary tax issues.
Deal with complex and ad hoc reconciliation issues, such as separate accounting systems in Mexico.
Implement the groups policies and procedures in all subsidiaries.
Assist with month end consolidation routines.
Partner with other departments, such as Marketing or Product Development to provide useful insight into their performance and enhance their support for the business.
Assist with year-end audit and month end close.
Assist with group annual budget process.
Required profile:
What we would like you to bring to our team:
Essential:
Fully qualified accountant
ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
Lateral thinker and problem solver.
Enthusiastic team player
able to build constructive relationships with key stakeholders.
Willingness to try new things, innovative & pioneering approach.
Use to working with management accounts.
Strong IT skills and desire to work with modern IT systems.
Effective communication skills at all levels.
Desirable:
Relevant industry background / experience.
Worked with SAP or NetSuite ERP systems.
Experience working with international subsidiaries.
Experience of consolidating group accounts.
What we offer:
Our values are at the core of everything we do:
We are Pioneers
We are in it Together
We do the Right Thing
This is a great opportunity to join us at a time of rapid growth.
We offer a fast-paced, energetic and creative environment, working with the latest technologies.
We have a great track record of developing talent, offering ongoing training, professional study support and career opportunities.
Our benefits package includes competitive salary, 33 days holiday, pension, flexible start & finish times, flex long-weekend scheme, the option to buy & sell holidays and free secure parking.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by us will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee.
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