Senior Accountant

Company Description

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. 

Job Description

This role will be part of the Record to Report (R2R) team The team is responsible for the preparation of the monthly management accounts for the Group, ensuring all accounting transactions are posted accurately and ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations are prepared accurately and on a timely basis. The key customer for this role is the Commercial Finance team (based in the UK) who will collaborate with the R2R basis to ensure the monthly management accounts reflect the accurate financial position of the Group.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Preparation of accurate monthly management P&L accounts by function – Revenue, Marketing, Employee costs, Product, IT Development, IT, Events, Editorial, Overheads.