Senior Financial Accountant

This role forms part of a team of Management Accountants responsible for the delivery of the integrity of the General Ledgers, sub ledgers, Group reporting and Statutory Accounts. The Management Accounting team plays an important part in ensuring UK group compliance with financial internal controls.

The role is specifically required to assists the Group Financial Controller (GCF) and the Senior Management Accountant in examining current systems processes and procedures to review and implement technical financial accounting requirements, to identify areas for improvement, align processes across the business, and implement best practice and ways of working.

The role would suit someone with an analytical mindset, adept at interrogating systems and spreadsheets, and implementing improvements and refinements.

Main Duties:

This is a broad role, with responsibilities for delivering work of a consistently high quality under pressure to senior audiences. Led by the UK Group Financial Controller (GFC) and working with the Management Accountants, this role will be expected to support the overall team objectives and not constrain themselves to their allocated deliverables.

Qualified ACA or international equivalent

2 to 3 years post qualification experience in management and financial accounting.

Good working knowledge and application of IFRS (including awareness of more recent standards)

We offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities

• Annual performance related salary review

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians

• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing

• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket

• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service

• Competitive annual leave allowance – 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days after 5 years service