Interim Project / Systems Accountant

Job Description

Interim Project / System Accountant – Outside IR35, Hybrid working, Central ManchesterAxon Moore are working with a market leading organisation in Central Manchester, circa 200 mil t/o and part of a much larger FTSE listed business. They are looking for an Interim Project / Systems accountant to work of a SAP system upgrade for a period of 12months minimum.This role will work as the finance representative on the project to onboard a new customer which is spread across approximately 50 European sites onto the SAP ERP platform and implement processes and systems as required. Duties:On Boarding- Working with the Customer Project Onboarding team to ensure that we are collecting all necessary elements of product and finance Master Data to put into SAP to ensure a smooth go live for individual sites.- Ensuring that all customer and supplier processes have been considered to ensure that the correct documents can be fed into the standard SAP platform (to deal with customer and supplier orders/invoices) using EDI/ReadSoft as appropriate.- Where additional considerations have been raised, work with the Systems Project Financial Controller to understand how they can work with the standard SAP UAT and Compliance- As part of the implementation team, you will be responsible for all testing of the financial end to end transactions in the new SAP platform, which will include VAT and Intrastat.- Writing test scripts that cover all financial and reporting areas of the business.- Performing UAT testing and ensuring that the finance team are involved in this testing and that it is performed on time and in full with all issues raised and addressedCustomer & Supplier invoices- Ensure customer invoices satisfy all statutory requirements with the correct VAT groups and codes and in accordance with the contract.- Ensure that supplier invoices satisfy all statutory requirements with the correct VAT groups and codes- Working with the team to ensure that any customer and supplier information eg. ASNs, order confirmation, goods receipt information etc is received in an automated manner which can be fed directly into the SAP platformSAP GUI entity- Working with the SSC and the Financial Controller/Snr Mgt Accountant (Europe) to ensure that the SAP entity is set up correctly in terms of chart of accounts, VAT codes etcVAT & Intrastat reporting- Ensure that all necessary GL accounts and codes are set up correctly so that the collection of VAT and Intrastat data can be managed correctly. - As part of implementation, build test scripts and ensure the User Acceptance Testing is exhaustive from correct application on invoicing to running VAT and Intrastat reports in compliance with local VAT requirements.- Ensure that all the compliance requirements of the Group VAT team are metInternal Management Accounts and Commercial Finance Reporting- To ensure that adequate data is held in the SAP platform to enable financial information can be extracted for reporting purposes (in BI) - This will include the following reporting types:

1. Daily, weekly and monthly sales and margin by site, product, supplier etc
2. Monthly management accounts reports
3. Commercial finance reports
4. KPI reports (aged debtors and creditors)
5. SAP housekeeping reports eg. Unfulfilled customer and supplier POS, unmatched supplier invoices, GRNI etc

Person Specification:Ideally we are looking for a qualified accountant with ACA, ACMA or ACCA with experience of: - Management accounts/financial control experience in a large European business- Some knowledge of European VAT and Intrastat requirements would be beneficial- Previously implementing SAP would be advantageous- Microsoft Office skills (Excel and Powerpoint)- International VAT experience would be desirable.- Advanced excel skills- General Ledger and Financial Reporting within ERP- OTC & PTP SAP- Fluent English, additional European language would be advantageous.Please send a CV asap for immediate consideration.