Working with a company in the City I am looking for a Financial Accountant to join their team! Ideally you will have experience working in Financial Services or Insurance and be a qualified account (CA, ACA, ACCA).

The Financial Accountant role combines hands-on accounting and finance expertise with leadership and oversight responsibilities. The role will own the financial planning and reporting processes for the UK non-insurance entities, the tax accounting and filing processes for the UK tax groups, as well as accounts payable and expense management.

The role will develop robust business processes for the production of statutory and management reporting, as well as effective planning and forecasting mechanisms. The successful candidate will work closely with the senior management teams of the UK businesses, to provide an insight in accurate and timely financial information. The role will manage the production of VAT and Corporation Tax returns for the UK tax groups, and ensure our entities comply with all necessary tax reporting and filing requirements.

The Financial Accountant will lead the development and delivery of efficient processes to enable effective decision making and performance management of the organisation.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, be resilient and flexible, whilst able to apply their knowledge and skills to new challenges in an evolving operating model.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•Coordinate the delivery of consistent, accurate accounting and financial reporting for the companies holding and service companies across IFRS and German GAAP bases, for plan, forecasts, and actual performance.

• Deliver internal financial and management reporting and forecasting to both the Group and senior local stakeholders, providing detailed analysis and explanations of the drivers of the results.

• Deliver external reporting requirements of the Companies under UK GAAP, including statutory accounts and preparation of Senior Accounting Officer deliverables.

• Develop and maintain excellent standards of control, governance, and documentation across the UK financial accounting deliverables, proactively and continuously improving processes.

• Coordinating UK tax compliance for all UK entities. This includes income tax and VAT calculations, returns and payments, transfer pricing documentation and maintaining the local tax strategy.

• Support the delivery of the statutory audit processes for the UK companies, through effective management of the finance and accounting deliverables.

• Support dividend and capital repatriation processes for the UK holding companies.

• Support company secretary duties of the UK legal entities.

• Act as a trusted financial adviser to the Directors and management of the UK entities.

• Provide guidance and support to junior colleagues and provide leadership and drive best practice in accounts payable, expense management and reporting, and cash management for the UK entities.

• Maintain a robust and efficient accounts payable and cash management function.

• Build effective and sustainable relationships locally and with Group to strengthen cross-departmental collaboration and foster a culture of trust and open feedback.

• Lead the delivery of UK financial accounting projects, as well as UK participation in Group projects.

• Maintain excellent knowledge of external developments that may impact Branch operations, deliver effective solutions to mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities.