Quintas Energy is seeking an Accountant with at least 2 years of full-cycle accounting experience. The Accountant will be responsible for maintaining a log and preparing the majority of the journal entries in the general ledger, monthly closing reports in line with internal cost control accounting rules, appropriate balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis, calculating and reconciling depreciation of all fixed asset accounts, bank reconciliations on a monthly basis, preparing annual work papers for year-end audits and calculation and presentation of taxes.
Roles and Responsibilities
- General accounts, accruals and prepayments, invoicing and bookkeeping.
- Calculate monthly accrued income.
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts.
- Preparation of monthly closing and reports for the clients.
- Preparation of internal and external audits and liaison with auditors.
- Credit control, budgets, cash flows and payments online under BACs and CHAPs.
- Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Supervision and control of timely billing and related payments.
- Preparing and submitting VAT / Corporation tax returns and liaison with HMRC and tax advisors.
- Preparing documentation and justifications for VAT inspections/penalties.
- Preparing KPIs for review.
- Dealing with customers/suppliers and other departments.
- Fulfil annual statutory accounts and prepare SPV level tagging for submission to HMRC (UK) and liaison with auditors.
- Reporting Aged Debtors and Creditors.
- Accruals and prepayment maintenance of all trackers.
- Assistance in cash flow forecast (short term) – cash needs report.
- Supporting the preparation of trading position reports.
- Assistance in cash sweep calculation.
What we offer:
- Latest Microsoft technology stack: Serverless, Azure Functions, ASP.NET MVC, EventHub, Azure storage, SQL Server…
- Direct exposure to the business.
- 9 to 5 schedule with 60 minutes of paid break
- Flexible Payment Plan
- 22 days of holiday
- Other social benefits as paid time off on December 24th and 31st, as well as on your birthday starting from the second year of your contract. Moreover, you will receive one extra day of vacation for every three years of employment up to 5 extra days!
- Flexibility to work from home up to 2 days per week
- Office equipment for home-working
- Terrace at the office
The ideal candidate should have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (preferred) or Finance required. CPA or Chartered Accountant preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience as Accountant. (Accountancy level will be assessed).
- Languages: at least fluent B2 in English (will be assessed during an interview).
- Progressive experience in financial operations, planning, budgeting, and reporting.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Expert knowledge in Excel needed including VLOOKUP’s, formulas, and Pivot Tables.
- Working knowledge of IFRS / UK and /or Spanish GAAP
- Excellent communication skills over email and telephone.
- Ability to work in a team environment and in a client-facing role.
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Analytical, communication, and computer skills.
- Understanding of mathematics and accounting and financial processes.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to solve problems, take responsibility and start adding value to the team immediately.
- Ethical behaviour.