Senior Accountant - Finance Manager - Europe H/F - Turner & Townsend

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

The Europe Senior Accountant will be involved and responsible for several finance processes across the region including consolidation of monthly management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with several year experience in management accounting. They will be a strong team player with a understanding of accounting principles and processes and strong MS Excel knowledge. - French and English language requirement is a MUST.

Responsibilities

- Monthly reporting and forecasting of assigned company in line with region/group deadlines and year end reporting.
- Preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts with supporting financial analysis and commentary
- Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts of assigned entity
- Supporting integration of new entities, preparing templates, process notes, training materials, assisting with required system set up in place e.g. new entity or cost centre, gathering information on user access rights required, updating consolidated template to include the new information.
- Gathering and consolidating financial information on sector level and details on property leases from whole Europe, including new acquisitions.
- Supporting the yearly consolidated Europe budget process and monthly consolidated Europe forecasting process
- Preparation of the weekly/monthly cashflow forecast to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances.
- Working on ad-hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross border projects etc.
- Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team as necessary.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Key Stakeholders

- RFD, RMD, RFC, Country MDs and Cost centre leads
- Europe Finance
- Group Finance

- Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA); 2+ yrs experience as qualified accountant
- Strong Excel and MS office applications experience
- Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels
- Accuracy and high-level attention to detail
- Understanding of accounting principles and processes
- French and English language requirement is a MUST.
- Good knowledge of a French law