TSL are a family-owned business, founded on inspirational ideas and a game changing approach to delivering turnkey capital projects for clients in Food, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, Hi-Tech Manufacturing, Mega Sheds, and Data Centers. Over the past 20 years, we are proud to have assembled talented teams of the brightest and most innovative people to work closely with our Specialist Designers, Project Managers, Commercial Managers, Construction and Technical Support Teams and ensure our clients are supported at every stage, from conception to construction and handover of their project. Following a period of rapid growth, TSL have increased turnover to £1b. TSL's workforce is spread across the UK, Europe, APAC and North America, employing over 800 people across Group Services and site operations.
TSL's recent growth has created several exciting new opportunities for the organization to address. One of these is investing in steadily growing TSL's Finance Team core capability and influence across the organization to support the rapid expansion across the Globe.
Key responsibilities
* Supporting the Finance Team Germany in all activities with a focus on the general ledger
* Supporting the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS/UK GAAP and HGB
* Performing and documenting balance sheet and P&L account reconciliations
* Preparing and posting accruals, provisions and intercompany reconciliations
* Ensuring that revenue and costs are recognised in the correct period
* Analysing deviations and preparing meaningful reports for management
* Assisting with the preparation of monthly and annual reports to senior management (e.g. CFO/COO)
* Collaboration in the continuous optimisation and further development of R2R (record-to-report) processes
* Support in the preparation and monitoring of internal and external audits
* Involvement in tax matters (e.g. advance VAT returns, support in the transfer of VAT processes in-house)
* Carrying out user acceptance tests as part of the introduction of a new ERP system test and the implementation of new system features
* Working closely with Commercial, Procurement, Treasury and other specialist departments
* Reconciliation and maintenance of various bank accounts
Person Specification
* Degree in accounting, finance or a related field, or equivalent professional qualification
* Experience in accounting with a focus on general ledger accounting is an advantage
* Experience in preparing monthly and annual financial statements
* In-depth knowledge of HGB, knowledge of IFRS is an advantage
* Experience in project-oriented or construction-related companies desirable
* Very good communication skills for coordination with internal departments and external auditors
* Good IT skills, especially in using ERP systems and MS Excel (e.g. pivot tables, lookups, data analysis)
* Very good understanding of numbers and high attention to detail
* Very good written and spoken English
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