Job title: Financial Accountant – Commercial Entities 

Department: Finance

Location: Brunel Way, Fareham  

Working hours: Full time, Mon-Fri (hybrid working arrangement)

 

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Job summary – What to expect: 

As Financial Accountant, you’ll be the main point of contact for the market financial reporting and audit (both internal and external) and will partner closely with the market Business Controllers, finance & commercial teams, to ensure the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of the financial reporting. This role will also partner with the wider GBS teams, Regional Tax & Treasury, our audit colleagues (both internal & external) and the Global Corporate Controllership organization.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

Revenue

Working collaboratively with local market finance, ensuring all rebates and customer incentives appropriately reported in financial submission Prepare month end revenue and units reconciliation process and load final revenue into EPM via Webforms Responsible for Quarterly Revenue recognition and cut off adjustments Ownership of the review of month end revenue to ensure recognition is appropriate and in accordance with Company policy and Generally Agreed Accounting Practice (US GAAP) Raise the appropriate accounting entries for rebate accruals & revenue returns provisions and ensure necessary adjustments raised by Accounts Receivable  Process any necessary manual adjustments to revenue in COGNOS to ensure alignment between COGNOS and EPM

OpEx

Responsible for the completion of the department operating expenses for local market, including relevant accruals and prepayments  Work with local market finance to ensure sales teams incentives and marketing activities accurately reflected in the reporting Liaise with local market finance team to assess Trade Receivables position and ensure appropriate bad debt provisions are in place in accordance with Corporate policy. Prepare monthly reporting and analysis of spend and lead meetings to review final monthly position with local market management Liaising with marketing managers to establish appropriate marketing accruals, to reflect current months activities  Support where necessary, the GBS Accounts Payable team to ensure appropriate coding of costs within the G/L and / or cost-centres where questions arise and correcting entries at source where required. Work with payroll accounting team to ensure accurate entries for monthend reporting, providing support as appropriate Gain working knowledge of all processes that feed into the monthly reporting. Complete and load headcount reporting into EPM

Reporting

Lead monthend review of financial results with local market Business Controllers to ensure accurately reflects current month activities Prepare the Financial Reporting information for Corporate in line with deadlines, including relevant variance commentary Responsibility for quarterly Corporate certifications Provide standardized monthly financial pack to Business Controller  Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and support quarterly regional balance sheet reviews for the market Own preparation of the monthly balance scorecard, liaising with appropriate finance functions for input Responsible for leading SSC quarterly business review with the markets senior leadership team  

General

Ensure Financial reporting in line with US GAAP, the internal control framework and Corporate Policies Central GBS point of contact for market queries  Working with the Regional Tax & Treasury and local market finance team to assist with information required for Statutory Reporting, audits and local returns Working closely with Internal/External Audit to support SOX, location reviews and IPE validation  Ensuring documentation of financial processes for audit is reviewed quarterly (including Flowcharts and ICMs) Responsibility for providing validation documentation for Revenue and Pricing controls requirements Responsible for the legal entity budget and forecast for market and submission to Corporate Identify and drive continuous improvements for areas of responsibility Support, as appropriate, projects supporting the market as well as adhoc GBS financial reporting projects

About you:

You’ll be a qualified finance professional (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) ideally with 1-3 years’ accounting experience preferably within a large multinational company or Shared Service environment.

In addition:

Experience of integrated ERP systems (e.g. Oracle R12 (preferred), SAP).  Demonstrable ability to build internal relationships with a strong "customer service" focus.  Working knowledge and application of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and US GAAP. Experience of a matrix style organization Broad knowledge of all finance areas including financial systems and applications Experience gained in a Global/US matrix managed business is highly desirable

 

What we offer:

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including, 25 days holiday pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!

We are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours. 

We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop in you career and grow with CooperVision

What you can expect:

As a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride, African Descent, Woman’s Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups, we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.

 

If you like what you see, take the first step towards your Brighter Future and apply today! All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.

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