Senior Financial Accountant

NEWLY CREATED ROLE! Growing Top-Tier Company! Rare Opportunity! Apply NOW!

• Are you a Qualified Accountant and looking for your next challenge?
• Do you want a role where you'll work closely with senior leadership and play a key part in driving finance improvements within a business?
• Can you confidently manage financial controls, balance sheet integrity and complex financial reporting?

If so Read on and apply today!

If you're an Accountancy Practice professional who's looking to move into a commercial role, or an Industry Financial Accountant looking for greater ownership and responsibility - We want to hear from you!

Overview

An exciting NEW opportunity has come up to join a highly respected professional services organisation. This is a pivotal role within the finance team, responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy and robustness of financial reporting, financial controls and partnership accounting processes.

Working closely with the Finance Manager and CFO, you will take ownership of statutory accounts preparation, external audit management, partnership accounting and financial analysis, whilst helping to strengthen reporting capabilities and drive continuous improvement across the finance function.

Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications. Higher salaries can be discussed.

Fantastic benefits package + bonuses included.

Duties

• Lead the preparation of annual LLP statutory accounts
• Manage the external audit process and act as the key contact for auditors
• Support the monthly financial close process
• Review and post complex journals including accruals, prepayments and adjustments
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting financial records
• Ensure timely completion of all balance sheet reconciliations
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items and unusual account movements
• Prepare supporting schedules for monthly management accounts
• Deliver detailed variance analysis against budgets, forecasts and prior periods
• Support the Finance Manager and CFO with financial commentary and insight
• Take ownership of partner capital accounts, current accounts, drawings and tax reserves
• Assist with year-end partner profit allocations and partnership accounting activities
• Review payroll journals and reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts
• Identify and implement finance process improvements and reporting enhancements
• Support finance systems upgrades and automation initiatives
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior finance team members
• Collaborate closely with wider finance functions including commercial finance, credit control and cashiering teams

What we're looking for

A successful candidate will be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified and exposure to partnership accounting would be ideal. Experience within a professional services environment would be desirable and strong excel skills would be essential.

If you're reading this and it's sounding like a great match - don't hang about! Feel free to call us on our Tunbridge Wells line for a confidential discussion.

Apply TODAY to be considered immediately!

For more information on this role, or for Accounts & Finance Recruitment in general, ask for Danny Smith at Recruitment Solutions.

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