Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Gloucester with 2 days WFH

Join our Gloucester retail client at an exciting time as they continue their trend of recent growth, becoming the market leader in their field. As Financial Accountant, you will enjoy the technical nature of group reporting and working with colleagues at a Group level. You'll be operating in a business that is big enough to offer progression and small enough to provide variety and a broad scope of responsibilities.

As such, this is a compelling opportunity for any aspiring first time movers from practice or someone already operating in a financial accounting role.

• Production of monthly financial accounts, including group consolidation
• Lead the preparation of statutory accounts, corporation tax returns and compliance reporting
• Manage IFRS 16 lease accounting, inventory valuation, intercompany reconciliations and the preparation of corporation and deferred tax estimates
• Identifying and implementing control based improvements to systems and processes
• Maintaining the internal control framework in conjunction with Group Internal Audit
• Key point of contact for external auditors to facilitate the annual audit process
• Produce commentaries to explain the key drivers of financial performance
• Coordinate the submission of ESG-related data and reports to Group
• Approval of key financial transactions, including bank payments, supplier master data changes and purchase orders
• Work collaboratively with the wider team on change initiatives.

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA)
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, IFRS 16 highly desirable
• Excellent Excel skills and a high level of IT literacy
• Previous audit and statutory reporting experience is highly desirable
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail
• Self-starter who is capable of working independently, as well as part of a team
• Inquisitive attitude with a desire to drive continuous improvement to systems and processes
• Excellent communication skills