Management Account

Required knowledge and experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline.
• Member of one of the professional accounting bodies.
• 2+ years of progressive controlling / planning / finance / accounting preferably in both an operational and corporate environment.
• Knowledge / understanding and applicability of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Working knowledge / familiarity with international regulations and laws on accounting and taxation.
• Previous working experience of SAP and Tableau considered an asset and intermediate / advanced Excel skills required.
• Developed proficiency in the competencies:
o Collaborate for Achievement
o Embrace Diversity
o Communicate Effectively
o Develop Self and Others
o Act with Entrepreneurial Drive

Responsibilities
Financial Accounting, Reporting & Planning:
• Prepare and analyze daily trading profit/loss reports.
• Prepare daily broker reconciliations.
Month-End Reporting
• Prepare and post journal entries using SAP.
• Complete monthly journals reclassifying trade debtors and creditors, finance changes and committed inventory and bank balances.
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts at month end.
• Prepare and submit legal entity group reporting in Condor for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.
• Prepare the overall monthly management accounts package in a timely and accurate manner, which includes trading analysis of the trading profit/loss, reconciliation of earnings before tax and review of expenses including travel and entertaining analysis.
• Prepare fixed assets schedule and agree back to general ledger at month-end.
• Prepare debtors and creditors analyses.
• Support digitalisation of processes to improve efficiency and enhance analytical performance.
Year-End Reporting
• Prepare and submit year-end Notes package for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.
• Liaise with the external auditors during the year-end group reporting process.
• Involvement in preparation of the statutory accounts.
Tax Management
• Prepare tax returns, analyse VAT (UK and foreign equivalents) and provide cost summary analysis for corporation tax purposes.
• Assist in tax-related inquiries.
Treasury
• Assist in cash management, e.g. management of foreign exposures, in accordance with Corporate policies and procedures.
• Respond to inquiries from the Treasury department regarding cash flow and liquidity.
Forecasts and Budgets
• Prepare the monthly forecasting for the revenue streams and expenses.
• Preparation of the annual budget.
• Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasting.
Compliance:
• Ensure that a robust system of internal controls exists to satisfy internal, year-end, Financial Reporting Compliance (FRS) audits and FCA regulations in a timely manner, including an update of Process Controls as and when required.
Ad-hoc Projects
• Provide project support, assistance, and cover for other team members when and as needed.

Work environment:
• This position reports directly to the Finance Manager, Precious and Base Metal Services, a global business unit within the Catalysts division.
• Under supervision, the position handles Accounting/Finance/Controlling for the assigned companies.

Internal and external relationships
• Interacts with local finance organizations in Tokyo, Shanghai & New Jersey and corporate departments in Ludwigshafen ab Rhein.
• Interacts frequently with all levels of the business unit, local finance organizations and corporate departments.
• Interacts with external auditors - KPMG London, and internal auditors.