Senior Trade Accountant
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a challenging role which offers a broad spectrum of responsibilities, scope, and commercial activity. A primary objective is the provision of high quality value added financial analysis and insight to support the trading management team.
The role requires a high level of interaction with the Sugar Division’s trading business unit, its related operations, and other departments within the EDF Man Group. This is a significant “hands on” role requiring flexibility to handle detailed transactional work as well as higher level analysis and review.
We need an individual with proven experience of operating within a fast paced trading environment with a proactive approach to transactional activities, financial reporting and control, continuous improvement and business performance initiatives.
This is a key role representing part of the succession planning pool of talent for the Sugar Trading Finance team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with the trading leadership team to provide support through financial and management information analysis and reports.
- Timely and accurate PL reporting for the global trading regions.
- Develop a consistent and comprehensive set of standards and reports for the trading operation to improve financial and commercial support services to the business.
- Ensure compliance with minimum control standards and risk requirements.
- Review and control the inventory positions in major worldwide logistic locations.
- Proactive support for traders and operations, providing all relevant financial information and responding to ad hoc requests.
- Provide resource to ongoing initiatives with respect to processes.
- Review and authorise key daily cash flow movements.
- Review and monitor incomplete contracts.
- Budgeting and forecasting.
- Staff management and development for a small team of Trade Accountants including mentoring and performance management.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- The individual undertaking this role would be a fully qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent) with solid demonstrable experience of undertaking the tasks mentioned in the job description.
- Minimum 5 years’ of post qualified experience gained within a global trading environment is essential.
- The individual should be able to apply their knowledge and experience to provide robust financial analysis to support commercial solutions.
- Ability to challenge the status quo and seek continuous improvement to reporting and control processes
- Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team to produce quality materials within tight timeframes.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- A ‘hands on’ practical approach is required for this role.
- The role requires a well organised and efficient individual who can manage competing deadlines with strict time constraints.
- Flexible, proactive and willing to take on additional tasks as the department’s workload requires.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
EDF Man was established in 1783. Today the company is a leading provider of commodities, logistics and risk management services. The company is employee owned with approximately 4,000 employees working in around 50 countries across the world.
EDF Man is a highly entrepreneurial environment providing the opportunity to build an international career in a partnership culture.
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