Financial Accountant in Barrow-in-Furness
Posted by BMC Recruitment Group Ltd
£50,000 – £60,000 a year
Barrow-in-Furness · Permanent
Salary: Up to £60,000
Location: Cumbria | Hybrid Working
We are working with a well-established financial services organisation to recruit a Financial Accountant into its Finance team.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong financial or statutory reporting experience who wants a varied role, exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to develop further within the organisation.
The Opportunity
- Salary up to £60,000
- Hybrid working available
- Flexible approach to office attendance
- Ideally looking for someone in the office around half of the month, but this can be discussed on a case-by-case basis
- Flexibility to group office days together, for example one full week in the office followed by several weeks working remotely
- Study support available for the right candidate
- Genuine opportunities for career progression
- Long-term opportunity to develop into regulatory reporting
- Join an organisation that values developing and retaining its people
You will work as part of the Finance team, supporting a broad range of financial accounting, reporting, regulatory and technical accounting activity.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the preparation of the Annual Report and Accounts
- Preparing technical accounting assessments and supporting documentation
- Working across areas including loan impairment, effective interest rate adjustments, financial instruments and hedge accounting
- Leading interactions with internal and external auditors
- Supporting annual budgeting and the longer-term planning process
- Providing financial information and insight at committee meetings
- Coordinating corporation tax and VAT activity
- Keeping up to date with changes to accounting standards and regulatory requirements
- Preparing accurate and timely financial and statistical regulatory returns
- Monitoring regulatory developments and supporting the implementation of changes
- Identifying opportunities to improve Finance processes, efficiency and controls
- Supporting audit and assurance activity
We are looking for someone with a strong grounding in financial accounting who is keen to develop their career.
Ideally, you will have:
- A professional accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or be actively working towards one
- Relevant experience in financial or statutory reporting
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Strong Excel skills
- The ability to analyse financial information and communicate your findings clearly
- A proactive approach to identifying improvements and solving problems
- The confidence to work with internal and external stakeholders
The Benefits
- Up to £60,000 salary
- 29 days holiday + Bank holidays
- Life assurance
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Study and development support
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