
Financial Accountant
Attivo
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cheltenham • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £45,000 - £60,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Maintain and strengthen financial control measures across the group, ensuring all policies, procedures, and reconciliations are consistently followed and regularly reviewed.
- Work closely with the Management Accountant team to produce the monthly consolidated Balance Sheet, ensuring accuracy and completeness, supported by well-prepared and timely reconciliations.
- Lead the preparation of annual statutory financial statements for all group entities, including the consolidated set, ensuring full compliance with FRS 102 and incorporating any updates to accounting standards.
- Act as the primary contact for external auditors, managing the statutory audit process end-to-end.
- Support the Trainee Financial Accountant in producing audit packs, gathering audit samples, and resolving audit queries promptly.
- Provide technical accounting expertise.
- Take responsibility for the accounting of the Guernsey entities, acting as a key liaison with external Guernsey accountants.
- Act as the main point of contact for group tax advisors, supporting corporation tax compliance activities and ensuring accurate and timely submission of all required information.
- Support the Financial Controller in the preparation and review of quarterly covenant reporting, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with lender requirements.
- Contribute to effective cashflow management by preparing timely and accurate cashflow statements and supporting liquidity forecasting and planning.
- Any ad hoc duties or reporting as required by Financial Controller or CFO.
Requirements
- ACA or ACCA qualified Accountant
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Ability to discuss complex financial topics with the Financial Controller and auditors
- Well organised, accurate and with good attention to detail
- Excellent organisational and planning skills, with the ability to work proactively
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail
- Strong communications skills
Benefits
- Non-contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Income Protection
- Critical Illness
- Death in Service
- Generous holiday allowance, rising with length of service
- Hybrid working
- Subsidised parking
- Excellent culture, promoting employee wellbeing and engagement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial control measuresmonthly consolidated Balance Sheetannual statutory financial statementsFRS 102statutory audit processtechnical accounting expertisecashflow managementliquidity forecastingaudit packscorporation tax compliance
Soft skills
attention to detailorganisational skillsplanning skillsproactive work ethicability to work under pressurestrong communication skills
Certifications
ACAACCA