Lead GL Accountant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead General Ledger Accountant to join our team based in our facility in Greenbank Road, East Tullos, Aberdeen.

Functional Supervisor of the GL Accountant this role is responsible for the accurate recording and reporting of transactions and balances in the General Ledger and related subledgers for both UK & Norway entities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Participates in the month-end close process & completes submissions in line with Air Liquide group reporting requirements, including preparation of consolidation in our Group reporting tool.

• Coordinate and delegate inventory activity to ensure inventory is accurately reported, which includes coordinating physical inventory counts and cycle counts, resolving counting issues, updating standard costs, validating the cost of goods sold as part of the month-end close.

• Prepare and/or review fixed assets activity and report on a monthly basis including the review of tangibles in progress & assets into service, depreciation, additions, disposals and balance sheet reconciliation.

• Review and submit UK and overseas VAT returns for all entities.

• Review corporate tax returns.

• Prepares and/or reviews balance sheet reconciliations, challenging and following up on discrepancies.

• Preparing and processing any necessary journals and recharges.

• Coordinates audit requests related to General Ledger.

• Assists with updating internal accounting procedure and policies.

• Assign and delegate workload to GL Accountant, as appropriate.

Other responsibilities:

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives

• Provide support to the finance team as required.

• Support Finance & Accounting Manager with any ad-hoc projects.

• Strong IT skills, especially with excel and google

• ACCA Qualified or working towards

• Prior experience in dealing with multiple entities

• Prior experience on D365 would be useful

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At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.