Financial Accountant

Job description

About ISG
ISG is a dynamic global construction services company.
We have had a hand in some of the world's most impactful and recognisable places, but our legacy is about far more than buildings. Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we deliver places where people and businesses make memories, forge new experiences, and reach their goals.
In short, we deliver the places that enable people and businesses to thrive.

About ISG

ISG is a dynamic construction services company, delivering robust and future-proofed places that help people and businesses thrive. Our 2,800 worldwide specialists in fit-out, technology, construction and development deliver not just buildings, but also an exceptional delivery dynamic and strong customer relationships built on mutual trust, collaboration, and open communication. We blend our unparalleled track record, sound processes and proven delivery methods with a fast-paced and agile culture, ensuring we deliver thriving places that are as agile and resilient as their occupants.

Job Purpose

To deliver a quality service to our stakeholders across the company in line with their requirements, by working with the other Finance teams and applying ISG culture, systems, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Monthly processes

• Support the Senior Financial Accountant and Finance Business Partners with all monthly accounting, including calculations for accounting entries, posting to the eVision ledgers and uploads to the OneStream consolidation system.
• Support Finance business partners and assist them for reviewing and posting journals to relevant projects/overhead as per the defined ISG policy.
• Ensuring compliance with IFRS16 lease accounting standards as an integral part of job responsibilities. Preparing, analysing, and posting information related to leases, ensuring compliance with IFRS16
• Production of balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring all reconciliations are RAG rated. Investigating reconciling differences through to resolution in accordance with agreed schedule and regular review with business unit finance team.

Intercompany

• Acting as the lead on all intercompany recharges and subsequent reconciliations within the team, and within the group.
• This involves working with an array of stakeholders from around the company to ensure this process is smooth and effective, as well as managing the compliance of intercompany transactions including where applicable arm's length accounting.
• Reconciling these balances on a monthly basis to ensure all accounts are accurately stated; working with commercial business units to ensure accuracy.
• Agreeing intercompany balances and the related settlements, resolving all discrepancies before month end submission.

Tax

• Produce accurate monthly VAT analysis and review with the ISG Head of Tax to ensure quarterly reporting to HMRC is correct and VAT accounts are reconciled.

Cashflow Forecasting

• Produce the weekly (12 week look ahead) cashflow forecast and review with the Senior Financial Accountant.

Year End and Statutory Reporting

• Assist the Senior Financial Accountant with all year-end reporting requirements, including Audit Packs, P13 adjustments, stat packs, statutory accounts, tax packs and audit queries.
• Completion of surveys for the Office for National Statistics.

Other

• Assist the wider team in working with other areas of the business, to drive standardisation and automation, as well as driving best practice.

• Drive a continuous improvement mindset, looking to standardise and automate intercompany processes.
• Other ad-hoc activities as required by the Senior Financial Accountant and Head of Reporting.

Qualifications

• Recently qualified accountant, (ACA/CIMA/ACCA), or final exam stage part qualified accountant with a desire to continue active study
• Experience in large/mid size businesses advantageous
• Experience in construction industry or other project based industry advantageous

Skills & Experiences

• A structured and organised approach to work, self-motivated with the ability to manage own workload meeting deadlines and ensuring successful completion of tasks.
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders at all levels.
• Team player who encourages collaboration, welcomes challenges to achieve greater results.
• Precise attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt and respond well to change.
• Strong technical accounting skills are preferred but desire to learn these skills is a must.

What's in it for you?

• Ongoing career development and accredited learning
  
• Annual recognition and values awards
  
• Global employee assistance program
  
• Pension scheme
  
• Life assurance
  
• Private healthcare including private GP service and mental health pathways
  
• As part of our wellbeing offering, ISG offers a monthly wellbeing allowance
  
• Cycle to work scheme
  
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
  
• Industry-leading family friendly policies (39 weeks maternity leave and 8 weeks paternity at full pay)
  
• Volunteer day
  
• Discounts such as cinema to ensure you're still loving ISG even when you leave the office
  
• Most Friday's are a 4 pm finish providing work is completed for the week
  
• Your work-life balance really matters to us, so in addition to your holiday allowance we have a You Day to allow you to take an extra day off to celebrate a special event, spend time with your family or just do something that will make your life easier or more enjoyable
  
• Thriving networks including I-NOW (Women's Network), Race and Faith, LGBTQIA+, Armed Forced Covenant and the menopause working group, everyone's invited
  

If you'd like to speak to the Talent Acquisition team, please contact [email protected] below for more details.