Financial Accountant

Description:

• Take the lead for application and development of technology to support performance
• Lead the accounting for certain companies including monthly and quarterly ledger entries and interactions with Controlling, Treasury, UFS and CoCC.
• Lead on certain areas of the financial statements (Accounts receivables activities, facilities accounting).
• Act as subject matter lead on certain processes and topics (Central Services, M2M on FX trades and IT Sourcing).
• Represent the ABP in appropriate forums including board meetings.
• Drive continuous improvement in own areas.
• Be responsible for the accounting for certain Uniper operational sites and businesses.
• Prepare balance sheet and account reconciliations for certain companies and certain balance sheet items
• Oversee the work of the UFS team and ensure their tasks are completed accurately and on time.
• Develop strong working relationships to ensure that there is knowledge of the business and its expected developments with a view to converting this into the consequent impact on financial statements and to validate the accuracy of the statements.
• Preparation of any supplemental information required on a monthly and quarterly basis for the Centre of Competence for Consolidation.
• Ensure that information provided by the businesses is validated and challenged prior to being processed by UFS.(Such as non-operating costs reporting)
• Prepare statutory accounts for businesses where responsibility lies.
• Ensure that the group reporting packages are technically correct and in accordance with the Uniper accounting manual and International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Ensure that the accounting ledgers are compliant with UK tax requirements (Corporation tax, VAT, PAYE etc).
• Liaise with Internal Audit and PricewaterhouseCoopers and the business to fully support audits.