Overview
In this Financial Accountant role you will support accurate financial reporting, balance sheet control and governance across UK entities. You’ll own month-end activities, reconciliations and audit readiness, while maintaining strong controls and tax compliance. You will work with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to improve and standardise processes. You will act with initiative and work independently to resolve discrepancies and drive timely closes. This role offers broad exposure to financial accounting, reporting and compliance within a supportive, process-focused environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead financial control for smaller UK entities and support service delivery with GBS
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies
- Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes
- Post journals in line with Group accounting policies
- Investigate balance sheet and P&L discrepancies
- Assist with statutory and SOX audit requirements and related documentation
- Support statutory accounts preparation and tax compliance reporting
- Strengthen SOX controls and ensure proper documentation
- Maintain financial master data and ERP control activities as needed
- Provide financial analysis and reporting for business decisions
- Collaborate with GBS and Group Finance to resolve accounting issues
- Identify financial risks or control weaknesses and escalate appropriately
- Suggest process improvements to strengthen controls and efficiency
- Support ad hoc finance projects and wider initiatives
Key requirements
- Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA
- Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
- Minimum two years in finance or accounting
- Experience with month-end close
- Experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations
- Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP)
- Experience using ERP systems
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to analyse financial information, investigate discrepancies and resolve problems
- Strong organizational and prioritisation skills
- Ability to work independently and take ownership
- Strong communication and stakeholder-relations skills
- Experience with SAP ECC6 or SAP S/4HANA (advantageous)
- Manufacturing or finance environment experience (advantageous)
- Experience supporting external audits (advantageous)
- Knowledge of VAT and corporate tax compliance (advantageous)
- proactive
- independent
- detail-oriented
- Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP)
- ERP systems
- SOX controls
Financial Accountant employer: Hillarys
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