Financial Accountant

The Carbon Trust was set up by Government in 2001 as an independent company. Their mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies.

The main task of the Financial Accountant is to support the Assistant Financial Controller and the Head of Finance in the day to day running of the finance function, along with managing and developing the Reconciliations Accountant.

• Ensuring accounting entries in the finance ledger systems are on time, complete and correctly coded
• Management and motivation of the Reconciliation Accountant
• Involvement in Full year close and Half year close process
• Management of the company¿s and group¿s fixed asset records
• Acting as the main contact point for queries from staff concerning all aspects of payroll management
• Assisting in the preparation of papers for quarterly Board and Audit Committee meetings
• Preparation of the Carbon Trust group VAT return
• Ad hoc projects for the Finance Director and Head of Finance as necessary
• Attendance at forecasting meetings when required

• Good financial accounting experience as an auditor or in industry
• Good knowledge of Excel and comfortable with Windows type office technology

• ACA qualified
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent

• Strong personality - able to state a case and justify with sound reasoning
• Ability to manage workload
• The ability to prioritise and work largely unsupervised