Financial Accountant Permanent

Financial Accountant, Northampton, Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA, £48,000 – £50,000 + benefits

Our client, a well established and highly reputable organisation, is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their efficient UK finance team. The role reports to the Head of Finance, whilst leading a small team of junior finance team members to oversee the day to day financial operations.

As the Financial Accountant, your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing financial processing, compliance and reporting
• Administer VAT for the group, working closely with the regions to ensure accurate coding and training
• Reviewing financial systems and procedures to ensure risk is minimised
• Annual statutory accounting
• Deputise for Head of Finance in their absence

For the Financial Accountant role we are looking for someone who is ideally ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified with a minimum of 2-3 years post qualification experience. Someone who is astute, highly organised and IT literate. Someone who has had experience effectively managing, training and developing a close-knit team. As you will need to build and maintain strong working relationships at all levels across the business, as well as working as part of a small team to ensure that required expectations on all deliverables are met, you will also require confident and effective communication skills. Initially this role will be based from home, with a view to return to the officer in summer, depending on the external factors and requirements laid out by the government.

This is an essential role to this organisation, where timeframes and deadlines are critical for successful operations. Strong organisational and planning skills are required, as well as a keen eye for detail so if you are interested in this position, then please send your CV for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

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