
Group Accountant
Celnor Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £60,000 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Set up and manage Head Office management accounts for the group entity in Xero
- Design and implement cost centre structures across group head office spend
- Establish and embed a Delegation of Authority framework
- Build and operate purchase order and invoice approval processes
- Produce and maintain group cost dashboards in Planful, including:
- Exceptional items reporting
- Cash reporting and visibility
- Support the Group Finance Director with:
- Group consolidation across multiple entities
- Financial insight, analysis and reporting
- Ongoing improvement of group-level financial controls and processes
- Act as a key finance partner to HQ stakeholders, bringing clarity and structure to group costs and spend
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / CA / CIMA / ACCA
- 1–2 years post-qualified experience (ideal for Big 4 / Top 10 practice backgrounds)
- Strong technical accounting foundation with excellent attention to detail
- Hands-on experience with Xero
- A strong bookkeeping mindset, comfortable being close to the numbers
- Proactive, self-starting working style with the confidence to build processes from scratch
- Exposure to group reporting or consolidation environments (Desirable)
- Experience working with management accounts or cost reporting tools (Desirable)
- Interest in scaling businesses, acquisitions or group finance environments (Desirable)
Benefits
- Accelerated career progression, this role is designed to grow as the group grows
- Direct exposure to a Group FD and CFO and wider senior leadership
- A chance to build rather than inherit systems and processes
- Broad, commercially relevant experience rarely available so early post-qualification
- A fast-growing group with a strong track record of internal development and promotion
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
management accountscost centre structuresDelegation of Authority frameworkpurchase order processesinvoice approval processesfinancial consolidationfinancial analysisfinancial reportingcost reportingbookkeeping
Soft skills
attention to detailproactiveself-startingconfidenceclaritystructure
Certifications
ACACACIMAACCA