National Grid

Senior Financial Accountant, Accounting and Financial Reporting

National Grid$99K — $116K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Qualified Accountant required
  • Experience as a Financial Accountant preferred

Responsibilities

  • Prepare annual Statutory Accounts and Regulatory Accounts
  • Implement new accounting standards and maintain policies
  • Support timely completion of annual tax packs
  • Manage the Fixed Asset Register and financial close process
  • Provide cash flow forecasting and manage payments
  • Undertake critical balance sheet reconciliations
  • Lead documentation of processes to meet compliance

Benefits

  • Clear career advancement opportunities
  • Opportunity to gain diverse accounting experience
  • Focus on compliance and high-quality reporting standards
  • Exposure to systems changes and implementation risks
Full Job Description
To be responsible for the preparation of the annual Statutory Accounts, Regulatory Accounts, and other external reporting matters required by legislation, listing rules, licences and external regulatory bodies. Also responsible in assisting with the financial close process, ensuring that high quality, timely and consistent reporting is produced.

  • Be responsible for the preparation of the annual Statutory Accounts, Regulatory Accounts, and other external reporting matters required by legislation, listing rules, licences and external regulatory bodies.
  • Implement new accounting standards, maintaining accounting policies and providing expert accounting advice to all parts of the business to ensure compliance and maximum value for National Grid.
  • Support the timely completion of annual tax packs, liaising with the Tax department regarding completion of tax computations and ensuring the correct treatment of all accounts items.
  • Be responsible for the management of the Fixed Asset Register and financial close process.
  • Provide cash flow forecasting, emergency payment and clearing of payment files.
  • Undertake critical balance sheet reconciliations including control accounts, fixed assets and bank accounts as well as performing intercompany reconciliations.
  • Lead the high quality documentation of end to end processes and controls to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Contribute to and proactively support the implementation of accounting policy or system changes, highlighting potential risks or opportunities to ensure service standards are not negatively impacted.


Qualifications

  • Qualified Accountant
  • Financial Accountant


More Information

Annual Salary:

$99,000-$116,000

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

About National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom (where it owns and operates electricity and gas transmission networks) and in the Northeastern United States (where as well as operating transmission networks, the company is a producer and supplier of electricity and gas). National Grid has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.4 billion as of 23 September 2021, the 26th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Learn more about National Grid
Size
23,500 employees
Market Cap
$44 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
5 Year Trend
+4%
Revenue
$14.7 billion

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