Financial Acccountant

Financial Accountant
London | Hybrid Working
PE-Backed Consumer Business

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant to join a private equity-backed UK consumer business during an exciting period of investment and growth.

With significant backing and a clearly defined five-year strategic plan, the organisation is undergoing substantial transformation and expansion. This role offers the opportunity to join a high-calibre finance team within a business where career progression and development are expected to accelerate as the organisation continues to scale.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Accountant will play a key role in maintaining financial control across the business, ensuring balance sheet integrity, supporting statutory reporting and audits, and driving improvements to processes and governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post technical and judgemental journals, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial records.
• Take ownership of technical areas of the month-end close process, ensuring reporting deadlines are consistently achieved.
• Manage revenue recognition processes, including deferred revenue accounting and reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and group policies, investigating unusual movements and identifying cut-off risks.
• Own the balance sheet reconciliation process, maintaining the integrity of the balance sheet through a robust control framework.
• Implement and maintain a risk-based approach to reconciliations, ensuring clear ownership, documentation and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Investigate and challenge unusual or aged balances, driving transparency and accountability.
• Support the preparation of statutory accounts and lead the day-to-day external audit process.
• Ensure audit readiness through the maintenance of high-quality supporting documentation and minimise audit adjustments through robust preparation.
• Prepare technical accounting papers and provide support on complex or unusual transactions.
• Manage lease accounting under FRS 102 and ensure compliance with accounting policies and group reporting requirements.
• Prepare and submit VAT returns, including ownership of partial exemption and reverse charge processes.
• Liaise with external advisors on technical tax matters and maintain VAT control accounts.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance balance sheet transparency, strengthen controls and improve month-end efficiency.

Candidate Profile

• Fully qualified ACA or ACCA, or exam-qualified with relevant experience.
• Ideally trained within an audit environment, with experience gained either in practice or industry.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and an understanding of financial reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting statutory reporting and external audits.
• High attention to detail with a proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• A cooperative approach and the ability to thrive within a busy, evolving environment.

The Opportunity

This role presents an outstanding opportunity to join a business at a pivotal stage of its development. Supported by private equity investment and a clear long-term growth strategy, the successful candidate will gain broad exposure across the finance function and be well positioned to progress their career as the organisation continues to evolve over the next five years.

Package and Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement
• 25 days' annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday
• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discount and wellbeing benefits