Senior CAPEX & Fixed Assets Accountant

As a Senior Financial Accountant specialising in CAPEX and Fixed Assets, you will own the full lifecycle of the company's capital expenditure, from initial budgeting and asset creation through to depreciation, impairment, and disposal. You will serve as a key business partner to project managers and department heads, ensuring that major capital projects are tracked with precision, capitalised in compliance with IFRS and local GAAP, and reported accurately on the balance sheet. Your work will directly shape how the business accounts for its most significant long-term investments, and the controls you design will underpin the reliability of our financial reporting across multiple entities and sites.

The day-to-day

• Own the capitalisation process, reviewing project spending to ensure correct classification between capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) in line with IAS 16 and IAS 38.
• Prepare general ledger entries related to fixed assets, including depreciation runs, asset additions, transfers, disposals, and write-offs, ensuring completeness and accuracy across the Fixed Asset Register (FAR).
• Reconcile the FAR to the general ledger on a monthly basis, identifying and resolving variances at source.
• Monitor Construction in Progress (CIP) accounts, conducting regular reviews with project managers to ensure timely and compliant capitalisation of completed projects.
• Own month-end and year-end close processes for fixed assets, producing detailed CAPEX variance reports against budget and forecast for senior leadership.
• Coordinate and document annual impairment reviews and physical verification audits of fixed assets across business sites, ensuring findings are clearly evidenced and actioned.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors on all CAPEX and fixed asset queries, providing comprehensive audit files and well-reasoned technical accounting justifications.
• Design, implement, and maintain internal controls and policies governing capital spend and asset tracking, reducing risk and improving consistency across the business.