Financial Accountant

Overview

Role: Financial Accountant

Location: Hybrid, based from one of our offices in Derby, Manchester or Warrington

Salary: we anticipate paying a salary in the £50,650.00 - £66,500.00 range

Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme offers a British solution to a global challenge, placing us at the forefront of green energy innovation and shaping the future of secure, low‑carbon power. Our Finance team plays a pivotal role in enabling our growth, strengthening our financial controls, and enhancing the quality of our reporting.

As we scale, we’re transforming the way we work through smarter processes, improved systems, and a collaborative, knowledge‑sharing culture.

We’re looking for a Financial Accountant to support our Financial Control function and contribute to the ongoing development of our accounting processes. Working closely with colleagues across Finance, you’ll help maintain high‑quality financial records, support month‑end and year‑end activities, and play a key role in driving continuous improvement.

• Purchase Order Accruals & Consumption Accounting:
  Manage the end‑to‑end PO accruals process, gather and validate consumption data, calculate accruals in line with contracts, ensure month‑end deadlines are met, and drive process improvements and automation.
• Month-End Accounting:
  Prepare and post month‑end and ad‑hoc journals, ensuring accuracy, documentation quality and timely close.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations:
  Produce reconciliations, investigate variances, and maintain strong balance sheet controls.
• Prepayments & General Ledger Oversight:
  Identify and process prepayments, ensure accurate P&L release, and review GL coding for accuracy.
• Fixed Asset Accounting:
  Support tangible and intangible asset accounting, including capitalisation, depreciation, asset register maintenance and lease accounting.
• Long-Term Contract Accounting (IFRS 15):
  Assist with data analysis, documentation and continuous improvement of IFRS 15 processes and controls.
• Year-End, Audit & Statutory Support:
  Prepare audit schedules, support internal/external audits, and ensure adherence to accounting policies and standards.
• ERP & Process Improvements:
  Contribute to finance transformation initiatives, ERP enhancements, process optimisation, control improvements, and ad‑hoc reporting.
• Tax Support:
  Provide assistance with VAT and corporation tax activities as the tax function grows.
• This is a key role in a growing team, and you’ll bring a collaborative mindset, analytical strength, and a passion for enhancing financial processes, alongside:

• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent professional expertise
• A proactive approach to problem‑solving and continuous improvement
• Strong technical accounting understanding, with the ability to work across complex areas such as accruals, reconciliations, and asset accounting
• We’ll ask about your experience navigating month‑end processes and maintaining high‑quality financial controls

We offer hybrid working and ask that you spend time each week in one of our offices in Manchester, Warrington or Derby, depending on business need.

We offer a competitive salary, great benefits, and the opportunity to grow with a fast‑scaling organisation. You’ll have access to development support, flexible working options, and an inclusive culture built on innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.

We anticipate a salary of £50,650.00 - £66,500.00 dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring.

• Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 12.5%
• Benefits Allowance - £2200, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
• £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases

You’ll be joining a forward‑thinking organisation that values transparency,…