- Experience: Financial reporting (or external audit) + Financial Services (adv.)
- £55,000 – £70,000 + package (incl. 20% bonus, decent pension etc.)
- Flexible Hybrid WFH (3-4 days p/wk)
Pear Talent is representing a FTSE100 Financial Services group, recognised as one of the best places in the UK to work, who have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Financial Accountant. You’ll play a key role in delivering the external financial results as well as insight, analysis and commentary. This is a high calibre team, with regular exposure to senior management and a good track record of internal progression and supporting continual professional development.
You’ll be expected to partner across the business with other teams and senior stakeholders, taking a key role within a team that produce, analyse and deliver the Group’s external financial reporting.
Key accountabilities:
- Lead monthly results meetings to ensure that Finance understand the key business drivers
- Oversee the preparation of quarterly statutory and regulatory reporting for all entities
- Analyse the financial results to produce commentary for senior management for both internal and external reporting
- Contribute towards information to be included within Board Reports for Exec
- Business partner across Finance and the wider business to support and challenge where required as well as ensure that outputs are accurate and timely
- Manage the monthly financial close process, ensuring general ledger is accurate
- Mentor junior team members
- Involved with ad-hoc finance projects and initiatives
Required experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent)
- Previous statutory reporting experience (in Financial Services adv.)
- Alternatively, a background in External Audit with a Top10 accounting practice
- Familiarity with financial control environments
- Relevant experience of accounting systems and good Excel skills
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