Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant – Regal Care Trading Limited

Base pay range: £65,000.00-£75,000.00 (actual pay based on skills and experience).

We are a growing care home group committed to delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care. The Senior Accountant will take ownership of core accounting activities across our care homes, support robust financial controls, and provide clear, practical insight to operational leaders.

• Lead the monthly close process across multiple care home sites, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
• Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cashflow) with meaningful variance analysis.
• Maintain reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts (bank, payroll, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany).
• Produce pack‑level reporting for leadership, including KPIs relevant to care (e.g., occupancy, fee yield, agency spend, care hours).
• Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting, working closely with Home Managers and operational teams.
• Track performance against budget, identify drivers of over/under spend, and recommend actions.
• Partner with payroll to ensure payroll journals, accruals, and cost allocations are correct.
• Review agency and staffing invoices for accuracy, compliance, and proper coding.
• Oversee supplier account management: aged creditors, payment runs, supplier statement reconciliations, and cost control.
• Model scenarios related to occupancy, staffing, inflationary pressures, and fee changes.
• Monitor cashflow and support short‑ and medium‑term cash forecasting for multiple sites.
• Improve working capital through disciplined debtor management, supplier terms, and accruals accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, and internal policies.
• Maintain strong financial controls in a multi‑site environment, including approval workflows and coding discipline.
• Prepare audit schedules and support year‑end processes, liaising with external auditors and advisors.
• Drive continuous improvement in finance processes and reporting, reducing manual effort and increasing accuracy.
• Support finance systems enhancements and user training.
• Mentor and support junior finance team members; review work and provide coaching.
• Build strong relationships with Home Managers and central functions, translating finance into operational insight.
• Document processes and create clear guidance for site teams on finance procedures.

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or experienced with a strong relevant track record.
• Significant experience in management accounting and month‑end ownership.
• Confident with multi‑site or multi‑entity accounting in care, healthcare, hospitality or similar operational sectors.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with accounting systems (Sage preferred).
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Clear communicator who can work effectively with non‑finance stakeholders.

• Experience in the care sector, social care, healthcare or regulated environments.
• Exposure to occupancy‑led revenue models, staffing ratios, and agency cost management.
• Experience supporting audits.
• Experience improving processes, controls, and reporting automation (Power BI or similar a plus).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

• Accounting / Auditing and Finance
• Industries:
  Accounting

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Location:

Orpington, England, United Kingdom.