Financial Accountant
Costello Medical
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cambridge • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £55,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support the preparation of financial statements for all group companies
- Assist with group consolidations to ensure accurate reporting
- Manage corporate tax activities across subsidiaries, including estimating instalment payments and liaising with external advisers for tax return preparation
- Contribute to cash flow forecasting, financial planning, and risk analysis
- Manage the month-end close process to deliver timely and accurate financial reports
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, journal entries, prepayments, and accruals
- Ensure proper intercompany accounting, reconciliations, and eliminations
- Maintain accurate general ledger records for multiple entities
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns and calculate quarterly corporation tax instalments
- Assist with year-end close, audits, and ongoing compliance activities
Requirements
- Successfully completed ACA (ICAEW) or ACCA qualification
- Excellent numerical and analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to plan, prioritise, and manage multiple deadlines effectively
- Eagerness to master new systems and understand company processes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly VLOOKUP and pivot tables in Excel
- Proven post-qualified working experience (desired)
- Understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS (desired)
- Degree-level or higher in a finance-related discipline (minimum 2:1) (desired)
- Right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship possible for qualifying candidates (subject to criteria)
Benefits
- A starting salary from £55,000 per annum
- Uncapped, discretionary profit share bonuses paid twice per year
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank and public holidays
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Hybrid and flexible working options (work from home up to half time after probation)
- Flexible benefits scheme offering cash payments and additional pension contributions
- Private Medical Insurance (medical history disregard)
- Paid study leave and funding for external qualifications
- Critical Illness Cover
- Income Protection and Life Assurance
- Paid and unpaid sabbaticals based on length of service
- Full funding for external training
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial statements preparationgroup consolidationscorporate tax activitiescash flow forecastingfinancial planningrisk analysismonth-end close processbalance sheet reconciliationsVAT returnscorporation tax calculations
Soft skills
numerical skillsanalytical skillswritten communicationverbal communicationorganisational skillsattention to detailplanning skillsprioritisation skillsdeadline managementeagerness to learn
Certifications
ACA (ICAEW)ACCA