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Financial Accountant

Broster Buchanan Ltd
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 8 days
Location

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD5 8XT

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position requires a qualified Financial Accountant with ACA or ACCA certification and a minimum of 3 years of experience.
  • Key responsibilities include financial reporting, audit coordination, external reporting, and supporting business planning processes.
  • The role involves collaboration with senior finance members and stakeholders to provide insightful recommendations and maintain a strong internal control environment.
  • Candidates should possess exceptional communication skills, robust organizational abilities, and a commitment to ethics and professionalism.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience, and the role requires on-site presence for at least 3 days per week.
  • ACA or ACCA qualified a must
  • Reporting - financial and external
  • Business planning - support budget and forecasting processes
Our client is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical business. If you are a qualified Financial Accountant with strong technical skills and a desire to develop your planning and analysis capabilities, this may be the role for you.Reporting into the Head of Accounting, with key focuses being month-end deliverables, audit co-ordination and external reporting, with some time dedicated to supporting FP&A in areas such as budgeting and forecasting, revenue reporting and monthly analysis as required.  You will be expected to crunch the numbers but also provide added value and insightful advice and recommendations across the organisation. This will include liaising with Senior Finance members and key stakeholders across the business and the wider Finance Community. How You Will Make an Impact
  • Financial Reporting: support the preparation and submission of regular reporting externally and to the group finance team (on a monthly and quarterly basis), as well as year-end statutory accounts.
  • Audit: Contribute to the audit process and coordinating audit deliverables.  This will include preparation of the year end stat packs across a number of entities and notes and ensuring that efficiencies and learnings from previous year-ends and audits are implemented.
  • Financial Control: Control of the balance sheet, including ownership, preparation, review and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts in line with both Group IFRS reporting and local FRS 101 reporting.
  • External Reporting: prepare the submission of all external reporting requirements, including to the Department of Health and Office for National Statistics.
  • Business Planning: Support and contribute to the company budget and forecasting requirements on a quarterly and annual basis.
  • Influencing: Collaborate with our winder finance team and commercial stakeholders to maintain a strong internal control environment ensuring our procedures and controls are in place and adhered to.
What We Are Looking For
  • Proven experience within either a practice background or in a medium-large organisation.
  • Professionally qualified through ACA or ACCA.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and quickly develop rapport with others.
  • Experience in managing internal stakeholder expectations particularly during periods of high-volume work (budget/forecast deliverables, end-of-month, year-end reporting etc).
  • Robust organizational and project management skills, adept at multitasking and prioritizing effectively to meet deadlines.
  • A champion of ethics who promotes integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism consistently.
You will be expected to be present on site for a minimum of 3 days per week. In order to be considered for this role you MUST be living within a commutable distance at the time of application.Please make contact with Kate Waller to discuss further on .

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.