Financial Accountant in London

Eaton Syalon is exclusively partnering with a high growth acquisitive Nottingham based business to recruit an experienced Financial Accountant to join its finance team in a key role, supporting the delivery of accurate financial reporting, strong financial controls and continuous improvement across the function. This is a newly created role within the organisation.

Working closely with the Financial Controller & CFO, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of financial accounting activities, from statutory reporting and group consolidations to process improvements and business projects.

The Opportunity

As Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring the organisation maintains a robust financial control environment while delivering accurate statutory reporting, group consolidations and tax compliance. This is a varied role with the opportunity to lead projects, influence finance transformation initiatives and support best practice across the finance function.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Financial Control & Governance
  • Maintaining and enhancing a robust financial control environment.
  • Safeguarding company assets and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
  • Leading month-end and year-end financial processes.
  • Developing and monitoring internal controls, policies and procedures.
  • Acting as a key contact for external auditors and tax advisers.
  • Ensuring statutory, regulatory and audit requirements are met.
• Financial Accounting
  • End-to-end balance sheet management.
  • Group consolidation processes.
  • Preparation of financial accounts.
  • Audit preparation.
  • Complex financial reporting.
  • Statutory accounts.
  • Tax compliance.
  • IFRS and FRS 102 reporting requirements.
• Technical Accounting
  • A thorough understanding of current accounting and tax legislation.
  • Experience applying IFRS and FRS 102 standards.
  • Strong knowledge of accounting within Group structures.
  • Understanding of both direct and indirect taxation.
• Mentoring & Team Development
  • Support, mentor and develop colleagues within the finance team.
  • Encourage collaboration across the business.
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
• Financial Reporting & Business Insight
  • Produce meaningful financial information that supports business performance, including monthly balance sheet reconciliations, high-quality financial reporting, and actionable commercial insights.
  • Continuous improvement of reporting processes and financial data integrity.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Streamlining finance processes.
  • Automating manual tasks where possible.
  • Improving reporting efficiency.
  • Supporting finance transformation initiatives.
  • Embedding best-practice financial processes across the organisation.
  • Working with stakeholders to improve financial understanding across the business.
• Project Work
  • Lead or support a variety of finance and business projects, including systems implementations and upgrades, process redesign, and finance transformation initiatives.

About You

You'll be a fully qualified accountant or a finalist studying towards your qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with proven experience in a Financial Accountant or similar role. You'll also bring:

• Strong financial accounting experience.
• Excellent understanding of financial governance and controls.
• Experience producing statutory financial accounts.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and FRS 102.
• Experience with Group consolidations.
• A solid understanding of direct and indirect taxation.
• A track record of driving continuous improvement.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

We're looking for someone who is:

• A collaborative team player.
• Detail-focused with exceptional accuracy.
• Commercially aware with strong statutory accounting knowledge.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proactive, solution-focused and confident challenging existing ways of working.
• Passionate about improving processes and adding value.

Why Apply

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative finance team in a role that offers genuine variety, technical challenge and the chance to make a meaningful contribution. You'll gain exposure to financial reporting, governance, transformation projects and business improvement initiatives while continuing to develop your career in a supportive environment.

If you're looking for your next opportunity and would like to be part of a finance team where your knowledge and ideas are valued, we'd love to hear from you.