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Senior Financial Accountant

LHH Recruitment
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 0EH, England

Salary

£65,000 - £75,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • LHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant for a leading organization based in East Sussex on a permanent basis.
  • The role requires a qualified accountant, ideally ACA or ACCA trained, with solid experience in technical accounting or financial reporting within a UK publicly listed company or Big Four.
  • Key responsibilities include preparing statutory financial statements, assisting with year-end audits, and providing IFRS technical accounting advice.
  • The position offers flexibility, requiring only one day in the office per week, and emphasizes training and development opportunities for career progression.
  • The salary for this role ranges from £60,000 to £75,000, depending on experience.

LHH Recruitment Solutions are currently working with a leading East Sussex based organisation with the recruitment of a Senior Financial Accountant on a permanent basis. This fast paced and highly successful business place a huge emphasis on culture, sustainability and investing in the communities they serve.

The Senior Financial Accountant position plays a critical part within the finance team and leads on external reporting and year end processes along with providing technical accounting solutions to the business.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Preparation of Statutory Financial Statements for the Group's UK subsidiaries.
  • Assist the Group's auditors to ensure that the year-end audit process runs smoothly
  • Provide IFRS technical accounting advice.
  • Consider the accounting implications of transactions or changes to the operations of the Group and the retail lending company in light of these standards
  • Supporting technical accounting projects including consultation with other teams throughout the Group and preparation of technical accounting memos and discussion paper
  • Supporting the maintenance of Group accounting policies to ensure it follows best practice and remain relevant
  • Respond to ad hoc queries from, and provide support to, Business Partners, Group Tax and Audit Committees
  • Ownership of weekly technical intelligence reporting, scanning the horizon for technical and reporting developments.

Key skills / experience:

  • Qualified Accountant (Ideally ACA or ACCA trained from a Top 10 accounting firm)
  • Knowledge of IFRS would be advantageous.
  • Solid experience within technical accounting/accounting policy development team/financial reporting team of a UK publicly listed company or Big Four newly qualified accountant
  • Background in Financial Statements production or audit & banking business and accounting
  • Demonstratable experience of producing technical accounting memos and acting as a technical accounting adviser to management and the business at large

The role and company offer a huge amount of flexibility and you are required to only be in the office 1 day a week (more if you wish!). The company itself offer great training and development opportunities for those keen to progress their career.

The role is permanent and is paying 60-75k depending on experience.

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