Customer Programs Accountant

Job Description:

What you’ll do

• To act as a business partner to regions within the EMEA organisation to ensure correct approval, identification and accrual of customer programs expenses consistent with agreements with customers
• Uphold global Belkin policy with regard to customer programs activity and assist/support regions with their compliance
• Accurately control and record customer program expense and accrued balances
• Maintain schedules of accrual balances that are reconciled to the Company’s liability to each customer
• Generate and publish monthly customer program reports
• Ensure that procedures are adhered to in relation to customer program spend
• Deal with adhoc requests relating customer programs from the business

How you’ll do it

• Maintain on-going dialogue with sales regions as well as structured monthly meetings to review program activity and detail
• Ensure that automated accruals for customer programs are posted correctly in the accounts, consistent with contractual obligations
• Actively highlight areas of concern with accrual balances and levels of spend
• Monitoring of program invoices received against the relevant accrual; ensure that these are cross referenced to contracts and turnover to ensure validity of charges
• Liaising with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• Month end close –adhere to a pressured month end timeline
• Identify that appropriate procedures have been followed in evaluating and authorising P&A spend before commitments are made with customers
• Adhoc analysis to support requests from the business and on-going initiatives

What you’ll need

• Strong skills of articulation and able to speak and act with authority
• Strong discipline and attention to detail
• Collaborative attitude to maintaining a relationship with senior sales people and supporting them in their business
• Part accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or qualified by experience
• Strong academic background
• Good understanding of accrual accounting and general accounting principles
• Intermediate to advanced Excel
• Experience with financial accounting systems

What you’ve done

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a finance/accounting department
• Built up a detailed understanding of accrual accounting and general accounting principles
• Demonstrable experience of Month end close processes including account reconciliations and posting of journals, preparation of working papers to support balances
• Preferably worked in a role or environment where negotiation skills and internal customer service is essential

What you’re getting into

We’ve got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closet. We all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiences. Everyone is interested in succeeding – for the team, for themselves and for the business. Cross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.

You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every day. There are so many smart and creative people around that you’ll be motivated to pursue the ideal. 

Team spirit is infectious. Belkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essential. Not every idea will be accepted, but you’ll be asked for your point of view. Innovation thrives on multiple and varied levels. At Belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.

We are committed to diversity. Belkin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

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Location:

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

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