Senior Financial Accountant - International in London

We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join our team. We are looking for a confident, technically strong, highly organised accountant to take ownership of the accounting and compliance requirements for our overseas sales offices. This role offers significant variety and autonomy, working across multiple geographies including India, Nigeria, Dubai and Saudi Arabia and any new or emerging sales office locations. You will develop a deep understanding of how these offices operate, ensure accurate and timely financial reporting both for local, UK and US reporting requirements and you will drive the maturing financial controls appropriate to each local environment.

The role requires excellent cross-cultural communication skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues, advisers and stakeholders across different countries and time zones. As many overseas offices rely on external local support you will frequently need to deliver outcomes through others building strong working relationships and influencing processes to ensure accuracy, compliance and timely information.

You will have line management responsibilities for our junior team member located in our New Delhi office - providing guidance, development and oversight of their work. This role is well suited to a qualified ACA/ACCA with strong technical skills who enjoys a broad, international remit and variety in their work.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Be a qualified accountant with a recognised institute (CCAB or equivalent).
• Have experience in an accounting role, ideally with exposure to international entities or multi-jurisdiction environments.
• Be a technically strong accountant, who has experience with complex accounting (e.g. group accounts, or working across multiple accounting frameworks, such as US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS).
• Be a critical thinker, with high attention to detail, a good ability to self-review, and be able to work with accuracy when under pressure.
• Have a pro-active approach to managing a varied workload across multiple time zones.
• Have strong Excel skills (working knowledge of pivot tables, vlookup/xlookup is essential).
• Be interested in process improvement/process automation.
• Have strong influencing skills, with the ability to ensure local teams and external advisers deliver accurate and timely information.
• Be a clear and confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills for cross-cultural communication and adapt your style to suit different audiences across countries and time zones.
• Preferably have previous experience within large, complex international organisations or an accounting practice background.
• Be willing and able to take on line management responsibilities once established in the role.

What we do:

The Kaplan Languages Group is part of the Kaplan Inc, one of the world’s largest and most diverse education and assessment providers. Established in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan, we operate in over 30 countries and maintain relationships and partnerships with more than 1,000 school districts, colleges and universities, professional bodies and over 10,000 businesses. Kaplan Language Group (KLG) is a leader in the educational travel sector, helping thousands of customers to realise their dreams of travelling abroad to improve their language skills.

Every year, Kaplan International Languages (KIL) helps students from various countries to develop and improve their English language skills. With a network of schools spanning 6 countries, KIL has the largest presence of any international language school in the English-speaking world. Our schools are in vibrant, sought-after and convenient locations, providing our students with the right environment to achieve their goals. We offer a wide selection of courses from General English and exam courses through to 8-month intensive programs.

How to apply:

Please apply with CV and cover letter no later than 11pm on Friday 24th July 2026. Note, we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.

Additional Application Information:

Kaplan is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. This role involves working with learners who are under 18 years old and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background-checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including children’s barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. In addition to the DBS check, for roles that include teaching or coaching, a Prohibition from Teaching Check will be completed through the Teaching Regulation Agency. Please be aware that it is an offense to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Application Support:

If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying please email the Recruitment Team at recruit.request@kaplan.com.

Disability Confident Scheme and Reasonable Adjustments:

At Kaplan International, we are committed to working in a diverse organisation and strive to provide equality of opportunity for all. We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership. Following the submission of an application, applicants will receive details of how to request their application be considered under our Disability Confident Scheme. Applicants will also be given information on how to request reasonable adjustments if selected for interview.