Senior Financial Accountant

Senior Financial Accountant

Contract: Controls, Risk and Transformation

Location: Surrey

Hours of work: 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will be a crucial part of the UK & Ireland Controlling function, which includes financial reporting, controls, assurance, and accounting services.

This role focuses on maintaining balance sheet integrity and managing income statement analysis.

You will collaborate closely with the Business Unit Controller, helping to identify and implement process improvements that enhance cost management, mitigate financial risk, and standardise practices across the finance function.

Job Description

Your key responsibilities include fulfilling financial obligations across customer contracts, ensuring accurate and timely account reporting and reconciliation.

You will drive key financial transactional processes while proactively assessing and communicating finance-related needs to both customers and ISS stakeholders.

The role also involves delivering value-added financial services to Account Leadership and Customers, aligning with the broader business objectives of the organisation.

This position offers the opportunity to play a vital role in a fast-paced environment, supporting the company's financial health while working with senior leaders to improve efficiency and drive financial success.

If you're looking for a challenging role where you can make a tangible impact, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

1. Complete Controls Self-Assessments and ensure adherence to internal financial control procedures
2. Update controls framework for changes in processes and procedures
3. Review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure compliance with UK&I requirements
4. Ensure accurate financial reporting by implementing reviewer recommendations
5. Manage external, Group, UK&I internal audits, and Financial Controls & Assurance reviews
6. Ensure timely and accurate month-end procedures: accruals, prepayments, and revenue-related transactions
7. Review overdue accounts receivable and trade working capital reports, taking corrective actions
8. Investigate and explain deviations from forecasts
9. Run and review weekly open purchase order reports, minimising aged POs
10. Support Key Account Managers/Directors in business reviews and Finance Business Partners in customer reporting
11. Oversee balance sheet control activities: prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, contract receivables, provisions
12. Manage income statement control activities: analytical reviews, customer profitability analysis, payroll, and overhead management

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

1. Qualified/ or Part qualified/ studying towards an accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent qualification by experience
2. Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
3. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
4. Exercise good judgement and decision-making skills
5. Analytical skills and the ability to interpret and pass on complex information
6. Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills
7. Meticulous attention to detail

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it's hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.