General Accountant

This role is responsible for business specific deliverables for either a dedicated division or across multiple divisions.

You will also be considered as a generalist in the specific business division you are working in and responsible for the accounting skill duties.

You will be responsible for ensuring a high value service is provided to key business partners and group through effective collaboration with your team and business counterparties by offering support & guidance to colleagues on difficult issues as an expert within the team.

The General Accountant will play a role of collecting, processing, and delivering precise, relevant and timely information, that will be used to provide strategic, financial and operational feedback to the business.

You will be expected to support the annual statutory audit process and ensure all processes are followed.

You must ensure that all company policies are adhered to and that specific duties are carried out within set time limits whilst providing an excellent level of service to all Informa customers and colleagues.
**Responsabilidades e atribuições** KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

The General Accountant is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:
**Financial Reporting & Analysis**
- Prepare, reconcile and analyse the monthly management reports; Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet. Details include; reconciliations, accruals, allocations, revenue downloads, pre-payments, variance analysis, commentary;
- Perform Balance sheet reconciliations (bank, fixed assets, bonus accruals, intercompany, among others);
- Perform analysis of tax accounts, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll records, among others;
- Prepare and book journal entries;
- Binding of balances;
- Perform month-end closing;
- Prepare analytical schedules and integration of balance sheet and results accounts;
- Survey and registration of provision of monthly income and expenses;
- Analysis of corresponding information, identifying the main impacts on the company's indicators and generating action plans required to correct them;
- Financial Reporting and Analysis including, budget/forecasting, working capital, Group Finance reporting, supplementary packs and ad-hoc requests;
- Process intercompany transactions;
- Prepare and/or review bad debt, accruals and prepayment calculations;
- Publish financial results in SAP FC;
- Working on projects within the SSC and department including key process testing & systems;
- Assist in the accounting integration of new products into the SSC accounting structure and systems, if required
- Analyse and solve Adhoc problems using knowledge of business and systems;
- To be involved and assist with any acquisition integration/due diligence, if required;
- General administration duties;

**Audit, Controls & Compliance**
- Information for internal and external audits, providing the support, evidence and documentation required as appropriate to comply with the times established within the audit plan;
- Maintains accounting controls in comply with company policies, procedures, and in accordance with local legislation;
- Review the internal control matrix in a timely manner and ensure that the controls are accurate, as well as highlighting the controls;
- Prepare and assist in statutory obligations;
- Tax & Compliance duties as required by your SSC;

**Process Improvement**
- Continuously seeking to Identify opportunities for improvements within the general accounting functions and implement best practices to enhance efficiency, ensuring accuracy;

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
- General duty of care to colleagues
- Work collaboratively across teams
- Act as a role model to others
- Provide help and a buddy system to other members of the team depending upon your level (SSC Specific)

**Requisitos e qualificações** SKILLS & ABILITIES**
- Ability to lead, oversee, motivate, and manage people in the team
- Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels including a wide range of stakeholders within the business.
- Advanced skills in Excel, Word and Outlook are essential
- Improves processes & systems
- Act with integrity
- Be pro-active and take initiative and encourage teams to do the same
- Work as part of a team
- Highly organised, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure
- Strong presentation skills
- Remain approachable under pressure
- Knowledge and ability to use relevant internal systems
- Problem-solving skills within tight deadlines.
- Excellent Customer Service skills
- Good time management skills, proven ability to work to stringent deadlines

**KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS**
- Good knowledge and understanding of R2R (accounting) processes within your area
- Knowledge of best practice in an R2R (accounting) environment
- A good knowledge of SAP system and Oracle (desired)
- Languages: English: Fluent (required)
- Recognised qua