Financial Accountant - 12 month FTC

Job description

Ready to find the right role for you?

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus Company Car and Veolia benefits

Location: Cannock (Flexible, although core role to be a main office base)

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you;

• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing;

We are looking for a Financial Accountant to cover maternity leave as part of the Corporate team within the Industrial, Water and Energy business. This role will have responsibility to support our Corporate activities and will require you to work closely with the relevant regions - both finance managers and business managers - to accurately report the financial position and help drive future business performance.

• Produce monthly journals, Management Accounts reporting, reconciliations and variance analysis in a timely manner for the Corporate division;
• Complete monthly Financial Reporting (via the Vector tool) for entities within the Corporate remit;
• Ensure preparation of budgets, forecasts and long-term plans for the Corporate division and entities as well as supporting in the IWE consolidation of same;
• Ensure all audit queries are dealt with promptly and coordinate responses from the IWE Team, produce selected statutory accounts for entities within Corporate including tax packs and analytical reviews;
• Take the lead in monitoring and co-ordinating of Capital Expenditure (inc. IFRS16) across the IWE business including Actuals, Budgets and Forecasts and assessing performance against Investments;
• Supporting Group Finance on monthly variance analysis and queries for UK Group and Parent (Paris) reporting for IWE with a particular focus on Operating Working Capital;
• Providing support to the IWE Senior Finance Team and Corporate Finance Manager with multi deliverables and to provide cover as required for the Financial Accountant;
• Undertaking ad hoc project work as required and remain compliant with all Veolia policies and procedures.

What we're looking for;

• Confident communicator with the ability to build strong relationships with multi layer stakeholders and management;
• Previous experience in monthly financial/management accounts production to tight deadlines and providing relevant commentary and analysis to support;
• Have strong logic and analytical skills to adapt to multi requests and demands from within a Corporate team environment;
• Self starter, self-motivated, with strong time management skills;
• Strong organisation skills and a high degree of professionalism;
• ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualification preferred but working towards final qualification acceptable

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation and Highly Commended as a workplace for 55+.

This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.

Veolia employees are employed under standard terms and conditions and in order to promote fairness, any changes to roles/grades as part of an employment offer we make to existing staff-graded employees will be subject to the acceptance of the standardised terms and conditions. Therefore, please be advised that any new terms and conditions may differ from your current contract with Veolia if you are staff-graded.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.