Europe Senior Accountant

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 112 offices worldwide.

Job Description

The Europe Accountant will be involved in several finance processes across the region including monthly management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes. They will be a strong team player with a robust understanding of accounting principles and processes and strong MS Excel knowledge. Professional working proficiency in English and Czech language is essential.

Main Responsibilities

• Monthly reporting and forecasting of assigned company in line with region/group deadlines and year end reporting.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts with supporting financial analysis and commentary
• Review of AR and AP transactions to ensure their accuracy and compliance
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts of assigned entity
• Ensuring tax and VAT compliance and statutory reporting requirements are met
• Preparation of the weekly/monthly cashflow forecast to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances.
• Supporting integration of new entities, preparing templates, process notes, training materials, assisting with required system set up in place e.g. new entity or cost centre, gathering information on user access rights required, updating consolidated template to include the new information.
• Preparation of yearly budget and monthly forecasting process with supporting documentation and commentary
• Working on ad-hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross border projects etc.
• Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team as necessary.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Key Stakeholders

• RFD, RMD, RFC, Country MDs and Cost centre leads
• Europe Finance
• Group Finance

Qualifications
Key Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or local equivalent) with 4+yrs post qualification experience
• Strong Excel and MS office knowledge
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels
• Accuracy and high-level attention to detail
• Robust understanding of accounting principles and processes
• Professional working proficiency in English and Czech language

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend recognize the fact that our employees are the key to our future growth. We invest in the training, development, and regular appraisal of our people: by managing each employee’s career aspirations and by promoting from within at every opportunity, we believe we have created a stimulating, challenging and exciting working environment for our staff.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.