National Grid Hiring for Accounts System Control Accountant Job at Warwick, West Midlands, England Full Time

In this role, you will:

Manage and maintain accurate RTR financial processing for allocations and GSA’sManage and control accurate RTR financial processing of TSA’s with NGG including changes, controls and reporting. Ensure the processing and controls around month end close, system controls are completed in a timely manner with no issues.Manage all rate calculations and system updates.Manage and validate all system interfaces are complete, accurate and timely.Ensuring the processing of financial entries with all activities lead to complete and accurate financial information and production of financial reporting.Manage, develop and support direct report

Key accountabilities

• Ensure accounting entries are appropriately classified in accordance with internal policy, accounting standards, nature of expenditure or form of control. • Role model service as a key part for all processes, ensure service offering is provided in a way that is reliable, responsive and easy to deal with.• Responsible for management of journal system administration via direct report.• Manage and control the annual and monthly allocations and recharges; ensuring accurate and complete postings are in line with regulatory guidelines, accounting structure and approvals.• Managing timesheeting rates process and business queries, engaging proactively with stakeholders to ensure alignment on timelines and process.• Managing the monthly delivery of the close programme, managing and escalating delivery risk as appropriate to the Accounts System Controls Manager.• Management of system interfaces into the accounting system.• Management of external auditors and plan, including investigating and responding to queries from external auditors and internal finance/tax colleagues.• Proactively identify and deliver process improvements to ensure the timely and accurate processing of financial transactions.• Continuous review and refinement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).• Engage proactively with offshore managed provider to manage the close timetable and ensuring processes are executed in accordance with relevant SoX and business controls.• Providing support to management on system technologies that affect the teams processes

About you

These are the relevant skills and experience needed:

Technical Competency Reporting financial information – Skilled – Level 2 Accounting and reporting pronouncements – Skilled – Level 2 Governance, risk and internal control frameworks – Skilled – Level 2 Transaction and close process management – Advanced – Level 3 SAP – Advanced – Level 3 Business software and applications – Skilled – Level 2 Codeblock – Advanced – Level 3

Experience Essential Experience of S4 SAP Hana or SAP Finance experience in a shared service finance function. Desirable to have experience in a regulated business or utilities business Strong knowledge of end to end finance processes

Relevant Finance role in a SOX environment Strong accounting knowledge of month end processes Strong ability to interpret and present data with attention to accuracy and detail Strong ability to work independently and be results oriented. Ability to manage multiple tasks with ease and efficiency Ability to clearly communicate technical information to all levels of staff Process optimisation Inquisitive and curious mindset to identify and resolve issues as and when they arise.

What you’ll get

A competitive salary between £38,900-50,000 – dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 22nd April 2022. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

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