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GL Specialist Location: Ansty Park, Coventry Department: Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) Reporting to: R2R Manager Salary: Insert salary Contract: Permanent / Contract About the Role We are looking for an experienced GL Specialist to join our Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) in Coventry. This is a key role within the Record-to-Report (R2R) function, supporting accurate, complete and timely financial reporting across the business. You will play an important part in the month-end close process, maintaining the integrity of the General Ledger and ensuring that financial information is robust, accurate and fully supported. Working closely with the R2R team, site finance teams and wider finance stakeholders, you'll have the opportunity to use your accounting expertise to identify issues, improve processes and provide reliable financial information to management. What You'll Be Doing Prepare accurate and well-documented balance sheet reconciliations as part of the monthly close process. Prepare and analyse VAT returns , ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant requirements. Perform monthly intercompany AP/AR reconciliations , proactively investigating and resolving outstanding items with stakeholders. Review uncapitalised expenditure and ensure costs are correctly classified, capitalised and depreciated in line with company policy. Maintain the fixed asset register , including asset creation, budget allocation and disposals. Prepare and post monthly payroll journals and clear associated balances within SAP. Prepare and review ad hoc and period-end journals , including prepayments, rates, travel cards and other accounting adjustments. Analyse key GL-related KPIs , identifying trends, anomalies and potential issues and presenting findings to management. Ensure all accounting activity meets internal controls, audit requirements and SOX compliance standards. Work with colleagues across Finance to resolve issues and identify opportunities to improve and streamline processes. Support wider finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives. What We're Looking For We're looking for someone with a solid grounding in financial accounting who is comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You are likely to have experience in a GL, R2R, financial accounting or management accounting environment and be confident working with reconciliations, journals and month-end processes. You'll ideally have: Experience within General Ledger / Record-to-Report accounting . Strong understanding of month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations . Experience preparing and posting journals. Experience with SAP or another major ERP system . Understanding of VAT, fixed assets and intercompany accounting. Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to financial controls. The ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes and resolve issues. Good communication skills and the confidence to work with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business. The ability to prioritise effectively and consistently meet reporting deadlines. A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in finding more efficient ways of working. Why Join? This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking to develop their career within a structured R2R / Finance Shared Services environment . You'll gain broad exposure across General Ledger activities, financial reporting, month-end close, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, VAT, SAP and financial controls, while working closely with experienced finance professionals across the organisation. If you're looking for a role where your accounting expertise can make a genuine impact on the quality of financial reporting and where you can contribute to improving finance processes, we'd like to hear from you. Apply now to join the team as our new GL Specialist. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Your new company Hays are working with a large global business who require an Interim Statutory Accountant on a 2-month contract basis. Your new role Produce statutory accounts for holding companies, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting requirements. Deliver draft and final statutory accounts to external auditors in line with agreed deadlines. Review statutory accounts prepared by the offshore finance team, providing guidance on amendments and ensuring the final output is accurate and complete. Act as the primary liaison with external auditors, responding to queries and implementing agreed adjustments to statutory accounts. Collaborate with the internal tax team to prepare tax packs and provide supporting information required for corporation tax return completion. Perform reconciliations between statutory financial statements and underlying accounting records. Partner with finance teams to identify and process adjustments required to align underlying records with final statutory accounts. Review and approve journals in support of the Record-to-Report (R2R) process. Support the R2R team by reviewing and approving balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and adherence to control requirements. What you'll need to succeed Previous statutory accounts experience is required Qualified Accountant, ACCA/ACA/CIMA What you'll get in return Hybrid working What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Your new company Hays are working with a large global business who require an Interim Statutory Accountant on a 2-month contract basis. Your new role Produce statutory accounts for holding companies, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting requirements. Deliver draft and final statutory accounts to external auditors in line with agreed deadlines. Review statutory accounts prepared by the offshore finance team, providing guidance on amendments and ensuring the final output is accurate and complete. Act as the primary liaison with external auditors, responding to queries and implementing agreed adjustments to statutory accounts. Collaborate with the internal tax team to prepare tax packs and provide supporting information required for corporation tax return completion. Perform reconciliations between statutory financial statements and underlying accounting records. Partner with finance teams to identify and process adjustments required to align underlying records with final statutory accounts. Review and approve journals in support of the Record-to-Report (R2R) process. Support the R2R team by reviewing and approving balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and adherence to control requirements. What you'll need to succeed Previous statutory accounts experience is required Qualified Accountant, ACCA/ACA/CIMA What you'll get in return Hybrid working What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk