Senior Accountant - Cashflow

Our Vision is to be the UK’s leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate-positive future.

Are you someone who lives and breathes high performance, leads with ambition, and would like to be part of an organisation that looks after tomorrow?  Viridor has a redefined purpose, a bold new Vision, and an ambitious, market-leading strategy. We are investing in the future, and we need a talented team with exceptional people, who believe in each other, to help us achieve this.

Join us, as we rise to the challenge and build a world where nothing goes to waste.

We have a new opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join our team, based in Avonmouth, working 37.5 hours per week.

The salary for this role will be £50,000.00 to £55,000.00 per year with participation in an annual bonus scheme, in addition to our great range of benefits.

The closing date for applications is 19th May 2024. We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.

Accountable to the Head of Accounting, Reporting & Control, you will have experience in statutory financial reporting, supporting the preparation of financial statements in compliance with IFRS and supporting the financial audit.

You will carry out preparation and take ownership of monthly divisional cashflow reporting actuals versus budget and forecast to management.

You will be a key player in the budgeting and planning process of this exercise also in conjunction with finance operations team.

You will have a strong understanding of the KPI levers which drive cashflow performance and reporting.

You will support in reviewing the Energy accounting team’s month end close journals and to carry out individual detailed general ledger reviews by legal entity post close to ensure financials are accurate, complete, and free from material misstatements.

You will be a dedicated financial professional prepared to support the Energy Accounting team on both statutory reporting and internal management reporting. Leveraging technical competence and an attention to detail to sustaining a high standard of financial accounting and associated statutory and external reporting. Working effectively with internal finance business partners, corporate accounting and external auditors at high pace, bringing good project management skills to deliver consistently on a timely basis.

Our ideal Senior Accountant will be able to demonstrate:

• Good knowledge of similar role with relevant financial experience within cashflow reporting, accounting & statutory reporting.
• Cashflow statement preparation experience including joint ventures
• Financial controls experience
• Statutory reporting compliance
• Management Reporting
• Thorough knowledge of MS Suite, proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with detail and high accuracy
• Time management and priority setting.
• Fully qualified accountant with strong knowledge of technical finance accounting , financial reporting and statutory accounting.
• 2-5 years PQE, an external audit firm background is preferred.

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We are a Great Place to Work 

There has never been a more exciting time to join Viridor. Following the acquisition of the business by the global private equity firm, KKR, the core business has been reshaped to focus on our leading UK Energy from Waste portfolio and the development of our growing Polymers Recycling business.

What can we offer you?

We invest in our people to reward them for their hard work, and we have a host of company benefits available to you when you join - take a look at our Rewards and Benefits

As an equal opportunities' employer, Viridor is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.