Job Type: | contract | Duration: | 12 months |
Category: | Accounting / Finance | Recruiter Reference: | tarmac/TP/115/6345 |
URL for Applications: | Apply Here | Salary: | Competitive Salary + Benefits or Daily rate equivalent PAYE |
At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.
Due to maternity cover, we are currently looking for a Business Accountant to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract based in Birmingham working on a hybrid basis.
We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
Main ResponsibilitiesReporting to the R2R Senior Manager, the Business Accountant will have process responsibility and ownership of the general ledger accounts and reconciliations for the Building and Packed Products Balance Sheet.
Managing a team of 5 with different experience levels including a graduate. Your team will manage the balance sheet accounts for payroll, accruals and direct charges.
In the role of Business Accountant you will manage stakeholder engagement within and outside of Tarmac, in doing so meeting our internal and external reporting requirements. You will act as a business partner with the operational finance teams as well as liaise with internal and external auditors. As well as be the lead representative for R2R in Business Review meetings.
In this role, you will also manage and develop a team to deliver period close, transactions and reconciliations to deadlines and related KPIs, ensuring compliance with company policies, accounting standards and Sarbanes Oxley (SOx).
You will instigate a culture of continuous improvement to drive through change, process efficiency and automation. Contribute to, and be an ambassador for, the Record to Report strategy. Take collective responsibility for reducing financial risk and making fast, reliable decisions which will allow us to take on more of the central reporting processes.
• Ensuring accuracy and integrity of the regional accounting records, assets and
liabilities
• Providing support through review s of the monthly region trading performance,
KPIs, performance measures with variance analysis and benchmarking as required
• To support insight, challenge and support in tracking hard delivery of Excellence
programme benefits and capital investment delivery across the business.
• Support improving the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on
business performance
• Support robust and accurate forecasts and budgets through review and
challenge.
• Provide effective support to the Commercial and Operations Directors as well as
the broader regional senior management team.
• Build partnerships and credible, lasting relationships with all senior managers
and their teams and provide financial support to commercial decision making.
• Support the presentation of financial performance, full year forecasts and budget
variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk.
• Improve and develop safety awareness within the finance teams.
• Ad hoc head office projects as assigned.
The ideal candidate for the role of Business Accountant will be a finalist or qualified accountant - ACA ACCA , CIMA or QBE available at short notice (to maximise handover).
In addition to this you will have:
We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits.
Some of the range of benefits on offer to employees include:
Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?
Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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