Senior Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
- England, County Durham, Darlington
- Salary
- £45000 - £55000 per annum
- Posted
- 25 Oct 2021
- Closes
- 01 Nov 2021
- Ref
- ACL442
- Contact
- Amy Leech
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Health
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior Financial Accountant - Durham
We're looking for a well experienced, highly qualified Accountant in the Darlington / County Durham area to join a leading business who can further strengthen their finance team by providing accurate and timely financial reporting to senior stakeholders both internally and externally to the business.
The role
- Responsible for the Group consolidated and individual subsidiary statutory account preparation
- Prepare and agree presentation materials and financial data for use in financial presentations
- Responsible for the Group rental model, lease finances and IFRS16 computations
- Technical lead for accounting standard advice for the Finance function
- Work closely with Tax Manager to understand any tax adjustments required in each accounting particularly at quarterly
- Support yearend audit process, liaising and maintaining regular dialogue with Group Audit throughout the financial
- Day to day responsibility for Pension scheme work streams, including liaising (alongside Head of People Services) with Pension Trustees and Pension advisors
- Contribute to the process improvements at all levels to increase the efficiency and quality of all aspects of the finance and reporting
- Maintain and ensure robust financial reporting to key stakeholders both at board level and externally including monthly board report preparation, financial accounting and formal statutory reports.
- Support ad hoc project work, in line with function business
The requirements
- A fully qualified Accountant with strong post qualified experience (ACCA or ACA or equivalent)
- Strong technical finance skills
- A background in external audit or statutory accounting (either practice or industry)
- Good leadership ability - happy to manage a direct report
- Able to work in demanding situations which require strong communication and organisational skills
- Strong IT skills - Advanced with Excel