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Chichester, West Sussex
Assistant Financial Accountant (41084)
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Title - Assistant Financial Accountant Location - Chichester, UK We are a global research and learning company. Through the Research segment, we provide scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services, to academic, corporate, and government libraries, learned societies, and individual researchers and other professionals. The Publishing segment provides scientific, professional, and education books and related content in print and digital formats, as well as test preparation services and course workflow tools, to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers. The Solutions segment provides online program management services for higher education institutions and learning, development, and assessment services for businesses and professionals. Our operations are primarily located in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Russia, and Asia. We may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: change with the times and adapt to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers. As a learning business, our mission is to help people and organizations to develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. With new products and services driving our global expansion, we're looking towards a digital future. It's resulted in a period of true cultural change here at Wiley, which means even more career and development opportunities for our talented people. Summary The EMEA Centre of Expertise supports the Wiley monthly, quarterly and annual US GAAP regional close process. The position is responsible for supporting the CoE Senior Accountant in ensuring accurate accounting treatment, evaluating internal controls and establishing efficient close processes for the EMEA region. Key responsibilities: * Prepare various Prepaid Schedules and post monthly journals * Exchange Rate Maintenance * Accretion & Depreciation Journals for ROU Agents * Assist the CoE Senior Accountant and ASC in Noida to drive efficiencies and process standardization * Freight Accruals * Participate in year end and quarterly audits by External Audit * Marketing Accruals * Support and provide regular KPI and status updates to Senior Management * Sublease Income Review * Various month end journals and processes as required * Balance Sheet Reconciliations & variance analysis * Ad-hoc projects Skills required: * Minimum of 2 years Financial Accounting or Management Accounts experience in a commercial finance environment. Understanding of internal financial controls. * Knowledge of accounting systems * Excel - intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables, lookups, some formulas) * Ability to learn new IT systems * Ability to manage multiple tasks, completing priorities and escalate or resolve issues appropriately with proven ability to meet financial deadlines * Accountability * Confidence and resilience in communication * Good communication and interpersonal skills, approachable and work well within a team. * Proactive and innovative. Benefits Wiley offers compensation and benefits that are competitive, equitable, and meet the needs of our diverse workforce. All of which helps to make this a very rewarding and inspiring place to be. Although we appreciate your interest only those candidates with whom we are interested in interviewing will be contacted.