Senior Financial Accountant

Role & responsibilities:

• Own the bespoke contracts portfolio, including raising invoices, preparing monthly customer reports and posting revenue recognition journals in line with contract terms
• Assess the revenue recognition treatment of new and amended contracts under IFRS 15 / ASC 606, documenting positions and maintaining supporting schedules
• Reconcile deferred and unbilled revenue balances for the contracts you manage
• Monitor the Financial Operations inbox during US hours, responding to customer requests and queries promptly and escalating where needed
• Act as the UShours point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with GAAP/IFRS
• Support monthend and yearend close processes, meeting strict deadlines and responding to flux analysis
• Maintain wellorganised, auditable financial records and strong internal controls, and support external audit requests
• Identify process improvement and automation opportunities, and maintain clear procedures and documentation
• Build a working knowledge of the wider Financial Operations teams responsibilities, ready to step into a leadership role and potentially manage a small team in future
• Proactively identify and report potential operational risks, control gaps, or practice breaches to Finance leadership.

Skills and Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) or CPA qualification
• 6+ years experience in financial accounting, revenue accounting or finance operations, ideally within a multinational organisation
• Strong technical knowledge of revenue recognition (IFRS 15 / ASC 606), including contractbased, subscription and usagebased revenue
• Experience with an ERP such as NetSuite, Oracle or SAP; Salesforce experience highly regarded
• Excellent written and verbal English, with confidence dealing directly with customers and senior stakeholders
• Able to work independently and make sound judgements during hours when the wider team is offline
• Highly organised, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and comfort working with financial systems and large datasets
• Leadership potential, with experience supervising, mentoring or reviewing the work of others.

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience in a multientity, multicurrency global organisation
• Experience in energy, commodities, financial markets or technology businesses.