Element has an opportunity for a new GL Accountant to join our Global Business Services team based in Edinburgh on a 9-month contract. Supporting across the wider GL team, this role is focused on the newly enlarged Built Environment business unit, reporting to the Financial Accounting Manager.

This role would be perfect for a highly motivated professional keen to further their development in accounting and finance.

• Month-end management accounts support
• Review and posting of accruals and prepayments, payroll and sales adjustments.
• Liaising with international payroll service organisations and accountants as appropriate
• Approval of BACS and manual payment runs prepared by Accounts Payable
• Review, challenge and posting of local finance manager journals
• Upload of financial information and reporting KPIs into Group Reporting system
• GL and balance sheet reconciliations
• Capital projects approval tracking and expenditure reporting
• Providing support to local finance managers and other GBS teams, including AR, AP, Treasury, Tax and Payroll.
• Monthly reporting and analysis development to support local labs
• Support of internal and external audit processes in UK and other territories
• Ensuring an effective control environment
• Ad hoc duties as and when required to support finance applications and initiatives
• Support in move of the full BU onto D365
• Support in the compliance and closure of legacy businesses

• Degree and accountancy qualification desirable, but PQ/qualified by experience considered
• Good systems and accounting experience preferred
• D365 experience desirable
• Effective communicator and comfortable working within both a local and wider team
• Self-starter, works own initiative and proactive
• Attention to detail, especially regarding GL transactions
• Positive, can-do attitude

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.