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Financial Accountant

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Posted 17 days ago, valid for 25 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£80,000 - £96,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The organization is seeking an ACCA/ACA qualified accountant for the role of Financial Accountant.
  • Candidates should have experience in financial accounting, controls, and statutory audit, with a focus on charities SORP.
  • The position requires strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to maintain relationships with banks and investment advisors.
  • The successful applicant will manage year-end closing processes, cash flow forecasting, and preparation of quarterly VAT returns.
  • A competitive salary is offered, and candidates should ideally have at least several years of relevant experience.
  • Are you an ACCA/ACA qualified accountant, looking for a new challenge?
  • Do you have financial accounting, controls experience and statutory audit knowledge?
  • Do you have strong stakeholder management experience?

This well-known and high-profile organisation is looking to recruit an experienced Financial Accountant. You will be required to support with the financial control, reconciliation of the balance sheet, statutory accounts production and other external reporting.

As the Financial Accountant, you will work within a small and focussed team and report to the Financial Accounting Manager. Your daily duties will include:

  • Manage the year end closing process, under the accounting standards of charities SORP, including closely monitoring the posting of year end journals and audit adjustments.
  • Ensure the implementation and monitoring of internal control procedures - performing relevant tasks in relation to the balance sheet.
  • Monitoring and forecasting cash flow and maintain treasury management controls and bank position.
  • Maintain constructive relationships with the bank and investment advisors.
  • Preparation of quarterly VAT returns for the charity and its trading companies.
  • Supporting the Financial Accounting manager in the delivery of the consolidated statutory accounts of the whole charity and its subsidiaries.

The successful candidate will be an ACA/ACCA qualified accountant or an individual completing the final stages of their professional examinations. You must have sound knowledge and experience of general accounting principles specifically with knowledge of charities SORP.

You must be technically astute and proactive in your approach have good attention to detail to deliver a first-class financial service to key stakeholders of the charity. You must possess first class written and verbal communication skills.

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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.