Role Summary

We’re recruiting for a finance analyst who will sit within the Sales Support Organisation (SSO) Finance Team, in Ansty Park. As part of this role, you’ll manage the annual planning and weekly/monthly outlook process for the Ansty SSO hub, including variance analysis by product group; Accounting for Ansty hub inventory, supporting the month-end close process, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and providing finance project support for SSO projects and integrations. The role also serves as the primary SSO finance business partner to the Ansty site and European OE sites and interacts extensively with the SSO sites in the US and Singapore as well as the OE manufacturing sites.

Ansty Park is a state-of-the-art facility, and this is an opportunity that would suit an individual that is looking to work in a rewarding, fast-paced and team focused organisation.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage the annual planning and weekly/monthly outlook process for the Ansty SSO hub, including analysis and understanding of variances between forecasts and actuals by product group
• Accounting for Ansty hub inventory; including monthly reconciliation, annual cost rolls, variance application, intercompany profit eliminations, annual stock count and aged WIP analysis
• Support the month end close process including preparation and posting of journals, sales and orders reporting, margin reviews, balance sheet reconciliations and preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting packs
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and execution of accounting controls as required by Sarbanes Oxley requirements. Including preparation of balance sheet reconciliations in Blackline
• Providing finance project support for SSO projects and integration activities
• Primary interface and SSO finance Business Partner to the Ansty site and the European OE sites
• Preparation and reporting of Win Scorecard information including order intake, revenue, orderbook and arrears.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Financial consolidations & corporate reporting experience
• Good communication & presentation skills
• Willingness to adopt a hands-on ethic
• Strong organisational and analytical skills
• Ability to develop & maintain good working relationships with colleagues across all levels and functions within the business
• Must be flexible and willing to work extra hours required to ensure deadlines are met
• Self-motivated, well organised, ensures their personal and department goals are met
• Capable of performing well under pressure

Desirable

• Experience of operating in a manufacturing or aftermarket business
• Experience of a Sarbanes Oxley control environment
• Highly computer literate, with experience of SAP and advanced Excel skills

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x3 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• Work from home 1 day a week
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Free on-site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services