Financial Accountant

About us:

Foster Denovo currently boast over 120 Financial Advisers supported by around 250 employees across eight Foster Denovo offices throughout the UK. We have the scale and resource to provide exceptional advice and service to our clients, advisers and employees.

Our stakeholder community is an invisible bond that gives Foster Denovo its solid foundations. It also means that our people care about our reputation and brand. And as such, we aim to delight every client we come into contact with.

When you join the Foster Denovo family, you benefit from our enviable reputation and years of industry experience. In everything we do, we’re driven by a firm set of core values, and our friendly, stakeholder culture has been praised by employees, clients and partners alike.

Foster Denovo are also proud to hold the gold investors in people accreditation which shows a clear commitment to the people who make us an employer of choice.

Purpose of the job:

Due to rapid growth in the Group, we are recruiting for this important role in group finance supporting an established and fast-growing Private Equity backed business based in the City of London.

Responsible for preparing the Group’s year-end Statutory accounts and consolidation as well as managing the external audit process.

Will be supporting the monthly reporting for the legal entities including balance sheets and cashflows for management and Board.

Working very closely with the Group Financial Controller involved in ad-hoc financial analysis, balance sheet reviews, and improving and implementing controls needed as the Group continues to grow.

Job summary:

• Working alongside the Group Financial Controller and Senior Management Accountant this role will take the lead on statutory reporting of the Group’s 10+ legal entities.
• Manages and coordinates the year-end audit point of contact for internal colleagues and external auditors.
• The role will have direct ownership of certain high impact and high-risk balance sheet accounts as well reviewing and providing guidance to the finance assistants on the BAU accounts.
• The role holder will report directly to the Group Financial Controller.
• The role will need exceptional UK GAAP and IFRS knowledge and knowledge of consolidating Group accounts.
• Will be a key part in preparing financial statements for audit and writing technical papers on accounting treatment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Highly numerate
• Able to convey points clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Keen eye for detail
• Organised with ability to multitask and prioritise tasks.
• Flexible "can do" attitude
• Able to self-motivate and thrive as part of a team.
• Contribute to the accounting standards knowledge of the wider team. Set up learning updates for self and the wider team. Establish self as go-to team members for accounting standards queries.
• To participate in appropriate company and departmental training, competence and development initiatives.

Key skills and personal attributes:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Highly numerate
• Able to convey points clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Keen eye for detail
• Organised with ability to multitask and prioritise tasks.
• Flexible "can do" attitude
• Able to self-motivate and thrive as part of a team.

What we offer you:

Foster Denovo has an open, mutually supportive, knowledge-sharing culture. It’s a culture that has created the space to think differently for the benefit of our clients.

Our benefits package includes:

• 25 days holiday (increasing by an additional day per annum up to 30 days)
• Foster Denovo will match your personal pension contribution up to a maximum of 7.5%
• Life assurance of up to 4 x your salary;
• Income protection of 75% of your basic salary in the event of long term sickness
• Employees can use our financial advisers within the company for any financial advice or knowledge
• Interest free season tickets loans, eye care and childcare vouchers.
• Shopping discounts benefits portal (discounts on holiday, gym and high street retailers)