Financial Accountant

Posted 01 November 2021
Salary £50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
LocationWest End
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceFAP_1635748539
Contact NameSamuel Everton

Job description

Financial Accountant

The Company

This market-leading Property Group requires a Financial Accountant to perform end to end month-end, year-end and balance sheet reconciliations.

The Role:

Reporting to the Finance Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for preparing all financial statements and completing all month-end duties and ensuring compliance with internal & external financial regulations. You will help to drive change, improve processes and increase efficiency. There will also be a commercial element with this role with business partnering and stakeholder engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Meeting statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax reporting activities, providing assurance to senior business decision makers and Finance management that the accounting records of the entities are accurate
  • Managing and participating in the monthly accounting cycle, including assisting with the organisation and co-ordination of the month end process and associated business reports
  • The production of key financial documents including Statutory accounts; monthly reporting, budgeting and reforecast processes; monthly management accounts pack (including commentary and analysis for key business stakeholders); and monthly balance sheet production, reconciliation and validation
  • Collating and analysing data using standard accounting methodologies, systems, tools and formats to deliver high quality monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to the business
  • Tracking progress against budgets within established finance systems and reports variances as appropriate

Qualifications / Previous experience

  • ACA/CA qualified
  • Practice trained (preferable Big 4)
  • Proven Financial reporting / Management reporting experience
  • Enthusiastic and motivated to improve processes
  • Previous exposure to system implementations/improvements advantageous
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills