Element has an opportunity for a new Accountant to join our Global Business Services team based in Edinburgh. This is currently a nine-month fixed term contract, focused on an overall project to improve process, control and compliance. 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 management.

• Development of robust balance sheet control and attestation across the business unit entities.
• Ownership of the compliance and eventual closure of legacy businesses.
• Development of international VAT processes.
• Support and improvement of the month-end process and analysis for local finance and lab teams.
• Support of internal and external audit processes in UK, Ireland, Europe and other territories.
• Support in the corporation tax and payroll compliance work across the business unit entities.
• Documenting and developing the general business unit control environment.
• Providing support to local finance managers and other GBS teams, including AR, AP, Treasury, Tax and Payroll.
• Ad hoc duties as and when required to support finance applications and initiatives.
• Support in move of the full BU onto D365.

• Degree or professional qualification in accounting beneficial
• • 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.