Financial Accountant in Milton Keynes

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: BMI Group

Job Hours: Full-time

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Role Information

Job title: Financial Accountant

Function: Finance

Location: Milton Keynes

Reporting to: Group Controller

Direct reports: 0

Job grade: P3 (Qualified)

Standard Hours (inc shift pattern): 40

Fixed Term Contract for 6 months

Role summary

This role is based in Milton Keynes working in the UK & Ireland business, reporting into the BMI Group Financial Controller / R2R lead (based in Reading). The role will be supported by GPO R2R specialists providing training and guidance. Working closely with the UK&I Finance Director and local teams in Milton Keynes, and the outsourced operations in Lithuania and Sri Lanka, the individual will be responsible for the reconciliation and substantiation of designated balance sheet accounts, ensuring alignment to group policy and direction. Be an integral part of the month end process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.

Main Responsibilities

Assisting with the Month end process

Preparing and posting duly authorised journals.

Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, identifying and adjusting reconciling items.

Ensuring assets and liabilities are accounted for correctly and fully substantiated.

Essential competencies, skills and experience

Transactional Financial Accounting Experience

Experience of preparing Balance sheet reconciliations.

Accounting for accruals and prepayments.

Effective communicator, with a proactive mindset, to continuously improve.

Able to work unsupervised and deliver to an agreed timetable.

Experienced in SAP, S4HANA

Fluent in Business English both written and verbal

Required qualifications

Part qualified ACCA/CIMA

About BMI

BMI is a new name backed-up with over 180 years of roofing experience and knowledge. Bringing together some of the industry’s most trusted local brands such as Redland & Icopal to become the largest supplier of both flat and pitched roofing and waterproofing solutions throughout Europe.

With over 120 production facilities across Europe, Africa and Asia, and more than 9,800 employees worldwide, we're well positioned to offer an unparalleled level of experience and innovation to our clients.

Our roofing products and systems are designed and manufactured in the UK. We have multiple manufacturing sites and distribution depots across the UK and Ireland with our UK&I Head Office based in Milton Keynes and our industry-leading BMI Academy is based in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

Across these sites we offer a wide range of opportunities; from dedicated sales managers and technical experts to skilled operators in our plants, we value every role in the BMI Team and are united in delivering excellence for our customers and becoming the best roofing and waterproofing solutions company in the world.