We have an outstanding opportunity to join a hugely successful global business in a revenue focused accounting capacity. This represents a rare chance to join their stable finance team, all of which is based here in the UK, on a hybrid basis.


Responsibilities:
*Prepare and post month end revenue journals for review

*Compare actual revenue to forecast, investigating and explaining variances

*Adjust forecasts and prepare structured variance summaries for inclusion in the monthly reporting pack

*Maintain accrued and deferred revenue schedules by entity
*Reconcile revenue related P&L and balance sheet accounts

*Maintain a complex Excel based revenue forecast for the group

*Review and update forecasts, incorporating commercial, project and billing information

*Interpret contract terms and delivery milestones for revenue forecasting purposes

*Translate operational/project updates into financial impact
*Create structured, centralised summary data for non-finance stakeholders to review

*Provide revenue insight and supporting data for group budgeting process

*Prepare journals for revenue-related audit queries, escalating technical matters to the FD as required.

*Identify and implement opportunities to streamline, automate or improve revenue models and supporting processes



Experience Required:
*Part-qualified accountant with a strong academic background
*Strong foundation in financial accounting or management accounts
*Sound knowledge of "revenue recognition" or "deferred income"
*Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel - index matching, pivot tables and lookups
*Aptitude for investigating incomplete data sets
*Strong communicator with a desire to business partner