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ACCOUNTING MANAGER
LONDON
PERMANENT ROLE
£105,000 – £115,000 BASE SALARY + BENEFITS

Role Overview: 

Morgan Philips Group Specialised Recruitment are currently representing the trading division of a global energy company looking for an individual to join their team in tackling some of the worlds most prominent problems in our climate. The successful candidate will be joining the Finance Department accounting for an array of matters such as controlling and reporting on commodity trading, forecasting, budgeting, specalised investments, planning and external financial reporting. 

Key Accountabilities: 

  • Managing a small team accounting for financial control over the companies commodity trading activity, monitoring performance and providing guidance to ensure the team meets a high standard of work. 
  • Accounting for Trading/ Commodity components of other income/ expense
  • Detailed working capital analysis by business unit/ desk, including forecast and variance analysis
  • Trading accruals/ prepayments (e.g. Structured long term transactions)
  • Detailed working capital analysis by business unit/ desk, including forecast and variance analysis
  • Operational process reviews and improvements

    • The successful candidate will have: 

  • Qualified Accountancy with several years post qualified experience (3-5 in operational accountancy)
  • Strong understanding to financial instruments/ derivates accounting, balance sheets, cash flow, income statements 
  • Excellent control of high volume data manipulation and processing
  • Commodity Trading & trading accounting 
  • Professional and motivated individual
  • Strong Management and Interpersonal Skills 
  • Forward thinking 
  • Diversity in working in different areas of the organization 
  • Clear Communication 
  • Positive approach to challenges, including encouragement and motivation of others
  • Ability to understand and analyse data from multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial P&L vs. IFRS compliant financial result), and produce coherent reconciliation between these views.

    • Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV.

    Morgan Philips Group is a global talent solutions business that disrupts conventional thinking in executive search, recruitment and talent consulting. We operate in over 18 markets in Europe, North & South America, Asia, and the Middle East & Africa. We understand that the future is digital and social, so we embrace the latest technology, including video ads and CVs, as well as social recruiting. Our innovative services are tailored to the new world of work yet we do not lose sight of the fact that employees be they existing and potential are ultimately human beings.

    We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.