Assistance Accountant - Continental Europe
London, England, United Kingdom
• To provide timely and accurate information to assist the business with decision making, within a tight reporting timetable for smaller markets of responsibility.• Preparation of standard journals on a monthly basis for markets responsible.• Review market performance against plan forecast and expectations.• Provision of subsidiary reporting (e.g. overheads) and supporting analysis to enable management decision making.• Ensuring financial control of entity balance sheets through regular financial reconciliation, preparation and review.• Maintain input of the Product Standard Costs charged to the Profit & Loss Account on a monthly basis for all markets throughout Europe.• Calculate and post provision for unsaleable inventory on a monthly basis for warehouses throughout Europe. Reviewing with Inventory Manager for completeness and ensuring necessary authorisation in place.• Primary contact for any issues with regards to inventory system. Running monthly stock reports and ensuring costs by SKU are reasonable and inventory sub-ledger total costs in line with control accounts.• Prepare inter-company re-bill information for Winery and IT charges to the winery.• Prepare inter-company account reconciliation between Europe and US office and book In- Transit cases within required deadline.• VAT complaint across markets of responsibility, ensuring returns are completed with the relevant timeframe• Preparation of other statutory returns as required (e.g. branch financial statements, recycling returns)• Assist with complaint/authority inspections (VAT, Corporate Tax)• Prepare information required for Winery Tax packages on an annual basis for review by regional Accountant.• Assist the Regional Accountant/Financial Controller with Gallo Internal Audit during annual audit planning and during audit visit.• Preparation of response to external audit queries, in conjunction with the Financial Controller and forwarded Internal Audit or Direct to PWC.
