Financial Accountant (Intercompany)

Osborne Clarke are looking to add to their Finance team with an exciting new Intercompany Accountant opportunity in our Bristol office.

This role will involve the central management and reconciliation of the intercompany billing process between multiple entities within the organisation. You will ensure the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of intercompany accounts while maintaining effective communication across departments and entities.

This is a permanent position offering hybrid working.

The role

The Intercompany Accountant will be responsible for recording transactions, investigating discrepancies, and preparing financial reports related to intercompany activity. You will act as the point of contact for other departments and entities within the organisation regarding intercompany activities, working closely with local and international finance teams to ensure alignment in intercompany accounting practices.

Other key responsibilities include:

Intercompany Transactions: Recording and maintaining all intercompany transactions, ensuring they are accurately reflected in the financial statements. Manage the billing and settlement of intercompany accounts, including chargebacks, expenses, and transfers. Ensure timely and accurate processing of intercompany invoices and payments.

Reconciliations: Reconciling intercompany balances monthly, ensuring discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly. Review and resolve any variances between intercompany records across entities. Assist in month-end and year-end closing activities, focusing on intercompany transactions.

Reporting and Analysis: Preparing monthly intercompany financial reports for internal stakeholders as and when required.

Compliance and Documentation: Maintaining proper documentation for all intercompany agreements and related activities, as required. Support internal and external audits by providing necessary data and reconciliations related to intercompany accounts.

Process Improvement: Identifying and recommending improvements to the intercompany accounting processes and workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate and streamline intercompany procedures.

Maintenance of Charts of Accounts: Maintaining the Global and Local chart of accounts. Establish a process for requesting and approving new global and local codes.

System Set-ups: Liaising with and advise the Financial Reporting Team on system setups to ensure correct masking and bookkeeping entries.

We are looking for

• A fully/part Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Extensive intercompany accounting experience.
• Familiarity with multi-currency transactions.
• Experience with financial reporting and reconciliations.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Problem-solving abilities, particularly related to complex reconciliations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Dan Jones at dan.jones@osborneclarke.com.

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

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