Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

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 About the Role

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

About You

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 You don't necessarily need to have experience in every area of the role. The organisation is happy to support the development of the right person and provide study support where appropriate.

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