Financial Reporting Accountant (Mandarin Chinese Speaker)
1 day ago
Uxbridge
Fluency in Mandarin Chinese (written and spoken) is essential The Reporting Accountant will play a key role in supporting both financial and management reporting activities for the UK business. The role is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and high-quality reporting, analysis, and insight to support business performance and decision-making. The 12 month contract role requires strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to stakeholders across the organisation. Responsibilities: • Prepare accurate and timely financial and management reporting outputs, including monthly reports, analysis, and supporting schedules, • Support the month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring completeness and adherence to deadlines, • Perform variance analysis and provide clear commentary on business performance, • Prepare and contribute to reports and presentations for senior management and Beijing HQ, • Perform balance sheet analysis and investigate variances to ensure data integrity, • Support budgeting, forecasting, and outlook processes, • Work closely with the Financial Reporting Accountant to ensure deliverables are review-ready and of a high standard, • Build effective relationships with stakeholders across finance, operations, and international teams, • Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls, and efficiency, • Ensure compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements, • Provide support to the wider team, including cover, ad-hoc analysis, and project work as required, • Take ownership of assigned deliverables, ensuring outputs are accurate, complete, and ready for review Personal Traits: • Detail-focused with a strong commitment to accuracy, quality, and control, • Analytical and inquisitive, with the ability to interpret financial results and identify key drivers and risks, • Proactive and self-motivated, able to take ownership of deliverables and see tasks through to completion, • A clear and confident communicator, capable of explaining financial information to a range of stakeholders, • Well organised, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight reporting deadlines, • A collaborative team player who works effectively across finance teams, functions, and geographies, • Comfortable working with a degree of autonomy, while engaging constructively with review and guidance from senior colleagues, • Open to challenge and continuous improvement, with a mindset to enhance processes, controls, and reporting quality, • Adaptable and resilient, able to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment, • Committed to ongoing professional development and building expertise in both financial and management reporting. Qualifications/Experience: • Bachelor’s degree, • Part-qualified or studying towards a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar), • Demonstrable experience in a reporting or financial accounting environment, • Strong Excel skills; experience with SAP or BI tools advantageous, • Fluency in Mandarin Chinese (written and spoken) is essential