As Financial Accountant, you will be an important part of our finance team, helping to deliver accurate reporting, meaningful insight and strong financial control across the Group. This is a varied role where your work will support month-end activity, project profitability analysis and confident commercial decision-making helping to drive business growth and profitability.We are looking for someone who enjoys taking ownership, building trusted relationships and using financial information to make a practical difference in the growth of a multi-entity business.Someone who brings more than technical excellence and can translate numbers into insight to actively contribute to commercial decision making and challenging assumptions.
In this Role, you will:
- Play a key role in driving profitable growth by providing clear financial analysis, preparing monthly management accounts, including journals, reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reviews.
- Help deliver a smooth, accurate and timely month-end close, providing clear variance analysis and commentary for management review.
- Bring financial insight to project performance through profitability, gross margin and commercial reporting.
- Support accurate revenue recognition by reviewing accrued and deferred income.
- Manage intercompany charges, transfer pricing calculations and reconciliations across Group entities.
- Keep standard cost models, employee billable rates and charge-out structures accurate and up to date.
- Provide practical analysis and support for budgeting, forecasting, year-end audits and external reporting.
- Contribute ideas that strengthen financial controls, improve processes and make reporting more efficient.
You will know you are making a positive impact when you are helping us to achieve:
- Monthly management accounts are completed accurately and on time.
- Financial reporting, reconciliations and balance sheet reviews are reliable, well supported and clearly explained.
- Revenue recognition, client invoicing, accruals and deferred income are managed accurately and in line with deadlines.
- Intercompany balances, project profitability reporting, standard costs and billable rates are kept accurate and up to date.
- Finance processes and controls continue to improve, supporting efficient ways of working and high-quality reporting.
Essential Skills and Experience
- A qualified or part-qualified accountant, or working towards ACA, ACCA or an equivalent qualification.
- Strong experience in financial accounting, including month-end close, journals, reconciliations and balance sheet review.
- Confident knowledge of accruals, prepayments, revenue recognition and intercompany accounting.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience using ERP or integrated accounting systems.
- A detail-focused, organised approach, with the ability to analyse information, solve problems and meet deadlines.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience working in a multi-entity or Group finance environment.
- Knowledge of transfer pricing, project accounting or profitability reporting.
- Experience supporting payroll processing, finance systems or process improvements.
- Multi-entity and multi-currency.
- Finance systems E.g. QuickBooks, Sage and Dynamics.
About You
- Highly organised and methodical, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Commercially aware, with the ability to interpret financial information and support informed business decisions.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the confidence to manage priorities and meet deadlines independently.
- A collaborative communicator who can work effectively with colleagues across finance and the wider business.
- Professional and discreet, with sound judgement when handling sensitive and confidential financial information.
- Committed to continuous improvement, with a focus on efficient processes, reliable reporting and high-quality financial controls.
What we offer
- A starting salary of £50k per annum
- A hybrid working environment with 3 days in our Conwy office
- 25 days’ holiday per year plus public holidays
- Option to buy additional holidays (subject to scheme rules)
- Pension with 6% contribution
- Life Assurance x 4 salary (depending on scheme terms)
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