Accountant

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.​

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.​

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.​

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.​

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Accountant will assist in key finance processes for the Europe Finance team including month end close, production of management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes.

They will be a strong team player with a substantial understanding of accounting principles and processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all financial transactions are processed accurately, timely and in line with relevant standards.
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts monthly for review by the Finance Manager.
• Month end reporting for assigned company in line with region/group deadlines and assistance with other month and year end reporting.
• Prepare the weekly/monthly cashflow forecast to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances.
• Assisting with External Audit, VAT/Tax and related returns as required.
• Review of financial performance with suggestions to improve performance of key financial and non-financial metrics.
• Support supplier payments process.
• Support the budget and forecast processes end to end for the assigned companies.
• Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team priorities and support Europe deliverables to group as necessary.
• Focus on continuous improvement and identifying opportunities for process efficiencies and simplification.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable
• Working on other ad-hoc requests and admin as required.

Qualifications

• Recently Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Strong excel and MS office applications experience.
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels.
• Accuracy and high-level attention to detail
• Experience working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Substantial understanding of accounting principles, processes and foreign currency

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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