Circa £45,000​ per annum

12 months Fixed Term Contract

We are open to receiving applications from candidates looking for full and part time hours

Location: ​Huntingdon​

​​Anglian Water offers a flexible approach; this role provides you with the opportunity to combine working from home and from an Anglian Water office.  Your based location would be Lancaster House in Huntingdon​

​​Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team!​ 

​​We have an exciting new opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join our team on a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months. 

As a Financial Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in the preparation of the group's consolidated annual and interim accounts. You will utilise your expertise in financial accounting to ensure the accurate and timely preparation of these accounts. This position requires close collaboration with both internal and external auditors to meet reporting deadlines and uphold the integrity of the financial statements. Additionally, you will contribute to maintaining a strong financial controls framework, ensuring compliance and accuracy throughout the reporting process.​

What you’ll be doing:

​​- Maintaining and issuing to the divisions, the Excel based year-end and half year consolidation pack, together with instructions

- Consolidating (using Tagetik) the completed consolidation packs at year end and half year

- Reconciling inter-company balances at year-end and half year end by identifying differences and liaising with divisions to resolve

- Preparing proofs and reconciliations to support the group consolidation

- Ensure alignment of management and statutory accounts by passing down year-end and half year adjustments (tax, audit, provisions etc) to the management accounts and reconciling the opening balances in the management accounts to the pack submissions

- Perform central finance balance sheet accounts reconciliations in accordance within the timetable set. 

- Coordinate monthly review of balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the Payments and Reconciliation Team and FP&A Team.

- Assist the Senior Financial Accountant on a range of ad hoc issues. 

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As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

​​-Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

-Personal private health care

-Annual bonus scheme

-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

-Life Cover at 8x your salary

-Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

-Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.

What does it take to be successful?

​​- Qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar

- Experience working with companies with revenue over £500m

- Effective written and verbal communication skills. 

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Ability to work independently.

- Excellent time management skills and ability to manage workload and projects to deadlines.​

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

​​Don't meet every requirement on the job advert? Please still apply! Having a wealth of people from different backgrounds and with different experiences introduces new ways of thinking which transforms how we work. Challenging our thinking and decision-making helps us to continually improve. It also better reflects our region and the customers and communities that we serve every single day. Even if you are not successful for this particular role, your application could open other opportunities.​

Closing date: ​18/09/2024​

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