Accountant

Devonshire; England; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking an Accountant for Overheads and Balance Sheet Accounting. This remote role is ideal for those with 1-3 years of accounting experience and a strong understanding of double-entry principles. You will manage key accounting processes and work collaboratively across departments. A competitive salary of £40-45K is offered.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years’ accounting experience in a corporate or shared service environment.
• Strong grasp of double-entry principles and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Confidence with Excel and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of key accounting processes across overheads and balance sheet accounts.
• Record and allocate operating expenses across cost centres.
• Prepare accruals, prepayments, and intercompany recharges for month-end close.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.

Skills

Accounting experience

Double-entry principles

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Education

Progressing towards ACCA, CIMA, ACA

Tools

Business Central

Oracle

Job description

At Paragon Communications, precision meets purpose.

Our Finance team is the heartbeat of accountability — ensuring every number tells the truth behind our performance. We’re looking for an Accountant – Overheads & Balance Sheet Accounting who thrives on accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

If you’re passionate about turning data into insight, structure into stability, and process into progress — we’d love to meet you.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll take ownership of key accounting processes across overheads and balance sheet accounts, ensuring every journal, reconciliation, and report stands up to scrutiny.

• Record and allocate operating expenses across cost centres.
• Prepare accruals, prepayments, and intercompany recharges for month-end close.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigating variances and maintaining supporting schedules.
• Partner with AP, AR, and FP&A teams to deliver timely and accurate financial data.
• Support compliance with IFRS, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Champion process improvements and support ERP data integrity.

What You’ll Bring:

• 1–3 years’ accounting experience in a corporate or shared service environment.
• Strong grasp of double-entry principles and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Confidence with Excel and ERP systems (Business Central, Oracle, or similar).
• A drive for accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ideally, you’re progressing towards a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA).

This is a remote role with ad-hoc travel for team meetings.

Salary – £40‑45K

Devonshire is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

We recognise how challenging this current job market is for candidates, and Paragon Talent Solutions are therefore striving to provide the best candidate experience we can.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly request that you apply via this LinkedIn advert, as opposed to sending us an email or LinkedIn direct message.

We are eager to ensure that each candidate application is considered fairly, and receives a consistent experience. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure this standard if you enquire about a role via email or LinkedIn message, as it falls outside of our established process.