Senior Financial Accountant

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.