Accountant Job in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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Accountant Job in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Job Description
ACCOUNTANT
Location: Stoke on Trent
Monday – Friday
Hybrid Working
Salary – Competitive
Our client, a multi national market leader within their sector and globally recognised brand, are looking to recruit an Accountant to join their team. The successful candidate will report to the Financial Controller and work in a team of 75 working closely with various areas of the business, such as Finance, Purchase Ledger, Bank Reconciliations etc. You will have a whole host of benefits working for this role including a highly competitive salary, working within a small, friendly team, onsite parking and the company is easily accessible.
Finance Department
* Working in a lively, multi-functional Finance Department of 75 staff.
* Reporting to Finance Manager.
* Working closely with a number of different areas of Finance, such as Purchase Ledger, Chargebacks, Client Wires and Reconciliations.
Skills, Knowledge and Characteristics
* Knowledge using/knowledge of online business banking solutions beneficial.
* Excellent Microsoft Excel experience.
* Ability to work autonomously, but also in a team.
* Tenacious and willing to muck in as required.
* Strong effective communicator in writing and in interpersonal communication.
* Attention to detail is key.
High Level Overview of Role
Banking
* Support Finance Manager in responsibility of banking requirements for more than fifty legal entities, covering 300+ bank accounts across 13 banking relationships (and counting) in various countries.
* Work alongside Finance Manager to develop a model to aid forecasting and monitoring of working capital requirements by entity, to ensure cash requirements are satisfied on a weekly basis whilst ensuring an efficient cash mix for the Group.
* Perform regular bank due diligence on published accounts for existing banking providers along with prospective new banking providers as and when requested.
* Facilitate intercompany payments on a four-weekly basis.
* Support the operational set up of new banks as business needs expand.
* Manage and control daily customer bank-wire payment process.
* Tracking operational issues and improvement suggestions for regular meetings with banking providers.
Reconciliations
* Oversee the daily reconciliation of customer credit/debit card transactions, reporting discrepancies and escalating as appropriate. Working closely with internal IT functions and external card gateway providers and merchants.
* Ensure customer account discrepancies are identified through internal controls, and liaise internally to flag where corrections and/or investigations are required.
* Assist with development of new reconciliations in advance of new territories going live.
* Assess upcoming chargeback risk in advance of the business entering new territories.
* Assist with integration of new payment providers into current chargeback and card reconciliation processes.
* Represent the Finance function on other business projects relating to payments, reconciliations and chargebacks.
* Assist with development of reconciliation and chargeback KPIs on a periodic basis, explaining reasons behind significant variances against prior periods.
If you feel that you have the skills to be successful in this Accountant's role then please apply now.
This role is being advertised on behalf of Appointments Personnel who are acting as an employment agency

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Stoke-on-Trent
County: Staffordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £30000 – £45000/annum
Benefits: