European Accountant

Glen Dimplex Home Appliances Aspiration & Purpose:

Home of recognisable brands Stoves and Belling, generations of people have grown up with our home appliances in the heart of their Kitchen. As a company, we are committed to engineering high-quality and durable products, designed to survive the test of time. This allows us to fulfil our purpose, to be leaders in the transition to a sustainable world by empowering the everyday lives of our customers.

Engaged and high-performing colleagues underpin the success of these ambitions. United by our shared values and dedication to accomplish our long-term goals, we are excited by the creative and diverse thinking you could bring to help transform our business.

Job purpose/summary:

·       Driving business performance by partnering key stakeholders across the business, providing financial support, analysis, and insight to support key business decisions.

·       Supporting added value to drive the business forward and upholding strong financial controls and governance.

Key accountabilities and job role:

·       Ownership of accruals ensuring that these are fully reconciled each month and that ageing of accrual balance is appropriate, understood and differences resolved.

·       Ownership of prepayments, ensuring the balances are fully reconciled and balances released as appropriate.

·       Ownership of other debtors and creditors, ensuring that the financials are fully supported.

·       Support in management of the profit and loss, explaining differences month on month and year on year, ensuring spend is in line with budget. Challenging cost centre owners as appropriate.

·       Support in submitting figures to head office and ad-hoc analysis of profit and loss and balance sheet.

·       Accounts receivable tasks including chasing and posting cash allocations, ensuring

creditworthiness of new and existing customers. All are French speaking.

·       Manage the business’s customer investment spend (terms and promos), including

management/reconciliation of the balance sheet accounts where sales rebates are held,

and support of settlement of claims, including disputes.

·       Manage accounts payable accounts, including dispute resolution. Ensuring that suppliers are paid promptly.

·       Setting up payments to suppliers in the bank, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

·       Ownership of accounts receivable accounts, proactively ensure collection of income in a timely manner.

·       Allocation of payments received to debtor accounts.

·       Ensure creditworthiness of new and existing customers

·       Prepare and transact the day-to-day postings for Customer Terms and Trading Promotional Investment (TPI) with the accounting systems.

·       Own the periodic sales rebate review process to ensure the accounts reflect a true and fair view of our liabilities to our customers.

·       Reconciling supplier accounts to ensure all invoices have been received and investigate any queries.

Personal Attributes

·       Fluent French

·       Strong finance background, highly analytical individual with good business analysis skills.

·       Working with others to achieve goals and delivering them in a changing environment.

·       Maximising potential in self and others

·       Communicating with influence

·       Organising and planning skills

Key Performance Objectives (KPO’s):

·       Profit and loss and balance sheet fully understood and analysed on a monthly basis

·       Ensure timely collection of debt and accuracy of trade receivables & payables ledgers

·       Ensure balance sheet is fully reconciled and understood.

Skills, know-how & experience:

At GDHA we are proud of our company Values which are our cultural cornerstones. In addition to role specific skills and experience (outlined below) all of our colleagues should always:

Think Customer / Care About People / Value Innovation / Keep It Simple.

Must have:

·       Fluent French

·       Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel supported with good knowledge of the remaining Microsoft Office Suite

·       Experience of working with an ERP system is essential.

·       Familiarity with email and electronic means of communications including business process management.

·       Delivery to deadlines under pressure

·       Entrepreneurial and analytical

Preferred:

·       Previous experience of working in a Group environment and managing intercompany transactions.

Qualifications:

·       Degree educated in a relevant financial discipline

Direct reports: None

Dotted line reports/key stakeholders: Financial Reporting Manager, Finance Manager – FP&A and

Commercial, GDHA Leadership Team

Budget owned (if applicable):