About the Role
Reporting to the Group Finance Manager, with a dotted line to the Accounting Manager, the purpose of this position is to take full financial accounting ownership of certain company ledgers and processes within the Group. The Financial Accountant will focus on delivering accurate and timely financial information as and when needed.
Requirements
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Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with focus on meeting deliverables and delivering a top-quality product.
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Be someone that takes ownership of their work and delivers it on-time, every-time.
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Is adaptable – ability to work independently and think for themselves, whilst all the same time, being a willing participant in team collaboration.
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Be someone who takes initiative and is willing to take the role beyond the job description and take steps to achieve efficiency gains, in terms of ways to do things faster and smarter.
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Able to respond quickly and positively to new or changed initiatives.
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Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including active listening.
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Ability to work effectively in a virtual environment.
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Flexible, independent, calm and self-motivated.
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Possess lateral thinking and problem-solving ability.
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High levels of humility and emotional intelligence.
About the Company
Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.
At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions, and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due, and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.