Group Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Gleeson Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Lichfield
- Salary
- £45k - 50k per year + car, pension, bonus
- Posted
- 17 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 24 Feb 2017
- Ref
- 4994
- Contact
- Jamie Carter
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Health
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
An award winning Private Equity backed £200m turnover organisation based in Lichfield, is ideally seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant looking to make their make their first move from an Audit firm, in to a Corporate, to join their business as a Group Financial Accountant. The Group Financial Accountant will be offered a salary in the range of £45,000 to £50,000 + car (depending on experience), pension, private healthcare and discretionary annual bonus.
Reporting in to the Group Financial Controller, the Group Financial Accountant will be given the initial support and development required to make the adjustment from External Audit to the Finance world, and will be closely developed to assist in progressing their career within the Business. Future career prospects for the Group Financial Accountant will be very favourable, due to the acquisitive nature of the Business, and their ambitious growth plans for 2017/18, which in turn will see Finance headcount continue to go up.
Key Responsibilities - Group Financial Accountant
- Own the production of 32 legal entity statutory accounts, including consolidated accounts at two points within the Group, to an excellent standard suitable for audit;
- Review the accounts produced by other members of the finance team and provide feedback in a suitable manner;
- Act as the main point of contact with the Group’s external auditors;
- Produce quarterly financial accounts and supporting analysis and commentary for the Group’s Bond reporting requirements;
- Act as the Group’s in-house financial reporting expert and keep abreast of accounting standard updates to ensure the Group continues to produce accounts compliant with the relevant accounting standards.
Key Skills & Experience - Group Financial Accountant
- ACA Qualified (or equivalent);
- Strong background in financial accounts (experience can be gained from an External Audit perspective);
- Able to prioritise and manage own workloads;
- Demonstrates the ability / potential to develop their career within the Business, showing ambitions to progress on in to more Senior Finance positions in the future
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