Financial Accountant

Are you newly qualified or nearly qualified with experience in management accounts and group reporting packs and compliance with statutory reporting requirements? Do you come from a practice background or looking for your first step into industry? If so you need to apply. My client based in Cardiff is looking for a sharp, detail-driven Financial Accountant to partner with our Financial Controller and play a key role in delivering accurate, insight-led reporting across the business.

If you thrive on deadlines, love clean reconciliations, and want to influence real commercial decisions – this is your move. What You’ll Own as a Financial Accountant What We’re Looking For in a Financial Accountant
• Preparation of internal monthly management accounts and completion of reporting packs to a high level of accuracy within deadlines.
• Maintenance of revenue by customer (including ownership of revenue per call analysis).
• Control of project services analysis for inclusion in the monthly management accounts.
• Review of fixed assets including depreciation, additions, disposals, recording and reconciliations to ensure that all asset movements are correctly recorded.
• Review of bank reconciliations.
• Review of prepayments and accruals calculations, recordings, and postings.
• Preparation of monthly control account reconciliations for each balance sheet nominal with any differences and/or reconciling items investigated and resolved on a timely basis.
• Preparation of monthly inter-company reconciliations.
• Management of outsourced company cash and credit card expenses system including running of monthly reports and posting of monthly transactions.
• Preparation and review of sales commission statements for each member of the Business Development and Account Management team for final review by Finance Director.
• Review of creditor ledger and providing support with queried invoices.
• Review of hardware transactions, including customer invoicing, purchase invoice authorisation and month end analysis and postings.
• Providing support to accounts payable and accounts receivable to ensure month end close is up to date and accurate.
• Preparation for annual company audit.
• Preparation of statutory tax submissions, including CIS and VAT returns.
• Preparation of customer billing schedules.
• Attendance at monthly operational meetings with department heads to review costs and future initiatives.
• Preparation of ESG Reporting (including liaison with external advisor).
• Preparation of process documentation across the department.
• Support with identification and implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Ad hoc customer contract/cost/profitability analysis.
• Set up and maintenance of the financial information in the operational system. The Impact You’ll Make as a Financial Accountant You’ll deliver an efficient, compliant and professional finance service, support new business growth, strengthen internal controls, and help drive a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation. Ready to take ownership and make a real impact in an ambitious company with a great culture?

Apply now and be part of something ambitious.