New interim Expense Accountant job available in Norwich
Your new company
Hays are currently working in partnership with a highly reputable international insurance company to recruit an experienced Expense Accountant on a 6-month contract. This company is a large corporate outfit that prides itself on providing a superior suite of solutions for its commercial customer base.
Your new role
This temporary role is to provide cover for a Norwich-based Expense Manager and its primary focus is to support expense management, expense accounting, and procurement. The role will be responsible for the production of quality and timely expense-related management information and offering expense performance insight to a range of stakeholders including the CFO and CEO.
Key responsibilities:
* Support the AVP of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning, the CFO, and CEO in managing the cost base of the organisation and identifying value-creating opportunities.
* Support the creation of "bottom up" expense plans and monthly forecasts.
* Provide analysis and insight into expense dynamics for different business units.
* Assist with cost-benefit analyses and investment cases.
* Work closely with the Accounts Payable and Procurement functions to improve and embed new processes and systems.
* Review the appropriateness of expense allocation factors of cost centres and update periodically.
* Production of monthly expense reconciliations and processing of journals as required.
* Assist the organisation's external auditors with the provision of information and explanation as required, related to non-technical accounting.
* Work with the Finance team in the head office in Chicago in the provision of information and explanation related to the financial close process.
* Comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements and ensure, at a level appropriate to the position, that appropriate measures are in place to ensure said compliance.
This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week between Monday to Friday.
What you'll need to succeed:
* A proven problem solver with strong analytical experience.
* A confident individual with the ability to manage expectations of senior management.
* A self-starter with a proactive work ethic and a willingness to provide support where required.
* Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) preferred.
* Advanced Excel user skills required.
* Strong organisation and time management skills.
* Ability to communicate effectively and explain technical issues.
* Ability to build relationships with other functional areas of the business.
What you need to do now:
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