Head of Financial Accounting (12 month FTC or day-rate contractor)

Head of Financial Accounting (12 month FTC or day-rate contractor)

Job no: 502502
Work type: Contractor, Fixed Term Contract
Location: London – Hybrid, Leeds – Hybrid
Categories: Finance

Your new role at NewDay
The Head of Financial Accounting FTC role at NewDay offers an exciting opportunity to lead the financial accounting function within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. As part of a forward-thinking team, you’ll be responsible for overseeing financial reporting, ensuring compliance, and driving improvements in financial processes. This 12-month fixed-term or day-rate contract provides a chance to contribute to a high-impact role while working with a talented team in a growing, innovative company.

As the Head of Financial Accounting, you’ll be the driving force behind our month-end close processes, ensuring everything is delivered on time and in line with IFRS standards. You’ll partner with teams across the business, providing critical insights and analysis to support key decision-making.

You’ll deliver

• Month-End Close Ownership: Ensure timely and accurate month-end close processes, adhering to IFRS and Group accounting policies.
• Business Partnership: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide insightful performance analysis and ensure appropriate accounting practices.
• Strategic Support: Engage with the business on strategic priorities, assessing and updating accounting policies to align with major change projects.
• Audit & Control Excellence: Support the external audit process, ensuring smooth delivery and compliance, while driving continuous improvements in controls and efficiency.

What you’ll bring

We need knowledge, experience + expertise in:

• ACA (or equivalent) qualification with strong technical knowledge of IFRS and experience implementing accounting policies for compliance.
• Proven track record in leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive and analytical, delivering clear, concise insights on performance.
• Highly organized, able to meet tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality outputs.
• Attention to detail with strong problem-solving skills and a focus on the broader business impact of decisions.

And would love you to know or learn:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the financial accounting function, influencing key business decisions and driving financial strategy across the organization.
• Process & Compliance Expertise: Enhance technical knowledge in IFRS and accounting standards while optimizing financial reporting.
• Processes for greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior leadership, auditors, and external stakeholders, gaining exposure to high-level financial strategy and change management projects.

About NewDay
We help people move forward with credit and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too. We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO. Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don’t discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we’ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

Our dynamic NewDay culture
We’re focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working – with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.

We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.

At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you’ll get extra days as you build your career with us. NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance – and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you’re in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc.

Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet). Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to tell you more about any of our perks. They do not apply to day-rate contractors.

We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive.

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Advertised: 14 Dec 2024 GMT Standard Time
Applications close: 27 Dec 2024 GMT Standard Time

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