Assistant manager accounting

The Skills You #39;ll Need: Accounting knowledge, Advanced Excel, SAP Location: Central London Job status: Hybrid working possible after the probation period (3 days a week at office) Working hours: 35h per week, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm (1h lunch break) Who You #39;ll Be Working for: A well-known Japanese global trading company with their office in Central London is seeking an all-round flexible team player to join their accounting team. Assistant Manager - Accounting - What you #39;ll Be doing each day: * Assistant Manager of Accounting Department taking some delegated responsibilities from general manager or line manager * Posting and Approving journal entries properly for delegated areas and/or amounts * Ensuring day by day accounting work, monthly/quarterly/yearly closing reporting, and statutory requirements including corresponding financial audit, VAT declaration, and reporting such as national statics * Ensuring J-SOX requirement and internal control management such as daily accounting booking procedure, inventory confirmation/check, balance confirmation * Assisting the other managers, tax, consolidation, in same department for statutory purpose, group reporting, group management purposes * Assisting with the implementation of internal policies and rules related to accounting and tax * Assisting some management account area like preparation of budget forecast or analysis between result and budget/forecast * Managing the day-to-day running of the accounting functions * Cooperating with colleagues from group companies or the other overseas offices of the company in Europe CIS bloc for accounting related work: control or tax Assistant Manager - Accounting - The Skills You #39;ll Need to Succeed: * Strong interest in quantitative analysis and business operations. * Solid knowledge and experience in accounting work * Knowledge of accounting (UK GAAP and IFRS) * Experience of Statutory Account preparation such as: VAT return, statutory reports * SAP (S/4 HANA) experience - advantageous * Strong Excel skills * Proficient in the use of MS Office * Experience and applied knowledge working with a wide range of accounting functions * Proven ability in Leadership Financial Accounting * Excellent accuracy and attention to detail * Solving problems * Proactive and can-do approach * understanding of Japanese business working environment - advantageous Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-team-japan We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website