Record to Report Associate

Job Description

Company description:J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure.Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, we provide better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including Transportation, Water, Power, Natural Resources, and Construction & Property.Headquartered in London, we also have a number of related businessesGround Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Urban Infrastructure; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services.We are specialists in delivering pipelines; design; marine; structural steel; tunnelling; fabrication; bridges and piling; and invest heavily in our substantial holding of plant; equipment and facilities.Murphy employs around 3,500 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as One Murphy by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.Theres more to Murphy.Job description:RTR - Stonecross - WarringtonResponsible for executing and or supporting all RTR responsible activities across J Murphy & Sons group of companies and Related Parties, to give an integrated and assured view of financial performance.Who we are looking for

• Conducting accounting activities relating to the maintenance of complete and accurate general ledger and management accounts.
• Processing information within the RTR area in line with Group Timetable and SSC SLAs.
• Delivering timely and accurate information to RTR Senior Accountant and RTR Team Leads
• Performing other assigned General Ledger tasks of a routine nature under the direction of the RTR Senior Accountant
• This role will be responsible for all Business Units (which will contain Join Ventures) and Functional areas in the UK.
• Prepares and maintains Journals and associated supporting documents, schedules, and reports, and analyses as appropriate
• Maintains a complete, accurate and up to date fixed asset register
• Reconciles Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss and Bank accounts as per the Balance Sheet Reconciliation process including Intercompany and Related Parties
• Performs allocated tasks for the month end process
• Raises Inter-company charges/invoices as required
• Prepares regular and ad-hoc allocation of costs to business units, functions or group companies
• Supports RTR Senior Accountant in routine and special requests for reports or analysis for internal groups, external auditors, end of project/completion audits by customers, affiliated companies and regulatory agencies
• Applies appropriate financial control and governance by adhering to the group accounting manual, policies and control framework, to support successful external audit outcomes.
• Apply accounting principles to existing processes and challenge the status quo
• Develops and sustains good working relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues.
• Uses D365 to support the RTR function
• Seeks ways to improve efficiency, effectiveness and processes in the RTR area
• Ensures compliance with accounting principles and standards and the SSCs SLAs
• Recognises and communicate potential issues/risks
• Completes ad-hoc tasks as required
• Supports RTR Innovation projects as required

Who we are looking for

• AAT qualified
• Must have strong academic record and experience of working in Finance in a commercial business
• Must have minimum 1 year experience of working within a Shared Service Centre environment
• Good knowledge of General Ledger processes
• Good knowledge of General Ledger processes
• Practical working knowledge of Project Accountingdepending individuals role/tasks
• Worked in a large organisation of a similar size and structure
• Excellent/Good bookkeeping and reconciliation skills depending on individuals role/tasks

Desirable but not essentail to the role

• Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Project Accounting Experience
• Experience of using Power BI and data warehouses
• Exposure to VAT returns, PSA returns