Accounting Officer

Miele GB; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home appliance company is seeking an Accounting Officer to ensure accurate financial operations across the UK and Ireland. The ideal candidate will have a formal accounting qualification and strong knowledge of legal and tax requirements. This role offers a salary of up to £50,000 and a hybrid working arrangement, fostering personal development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Commitment to personal development

Qualifications

• Experience in a multinational, multi-location environment.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end closing activities for UK & Irish entities.
• Ensure accurate bookings and allocations to cost and profit centres.
• Be a key contact for external/internal audit.

Skills

Strong understanding of legal and tax requirements

Excellent communication skills in English

Solid business acumen

Proactive, detail-oriented approach

Education

Formal accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

We’re looking for an Accounting Officer to support in delivering accurate, compliant, and efficient financial operations. This role is key to ensuring smooth financial and accounting processes across both our UK and Ireland entities, covering both the domestic and professional business areas.

You’ll work closely with our global shared service center and local teams to ensure timely month-end and year-end closings, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with legal and tax requirements.

About The Role

• Support in month-end and year-end closing activities for the UK & Irish entities, in collaboration with our global shared services (MGS) teams
• Ensure accurate bookings and allocations to cost and profit centres.
• Be a key point of contact, alongside the Accounting Manager for external and internal audit.
• Support in ensuring tax and legal compliance, including VAT, employee and other declarations
• Evaluate internal systems and risks and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Contribute to local & global process optimisation projects.
• Support the FP&A Team with financial transparency and reporting.
  
  

About You

• Formal accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• Strong understanding of legal and tax requirements in a UK and international context
• Solid business acumen and a commercial mindset
• Experience in a multinational, multi-location environment
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach with a passion for continuous improvement
  
  

Alongside your experience, you’ll be able to work in a rapidly changing environment, communicating with multiple stakeholders and solving complex problems as part of a team. You’ll be great at simplifying complex data and concepts and able to present a snapshot overview for other leaders and stakeholders.

What To Expect From Us

In addition to a strong commitment to your personal development and growth, we can offer you a salary of up to £50,000 plus a competitive benefits package. We work on a hybrid basis with three days in the office and two days working from home.

With Miele you can truly develop yourself, pursue your own career path, stay with us for the long term and help us reach higher levels of customer delight. We want you to feel you can join a team where we will help you reach your potential, own your career path, be respected and perform at your best.

Alongside your existing skills and experience, we’re looking for engaged team players who will collaborate, innovate and use their passion to drive an exceptional customer experience at every touchpoint.

Please apply below by sharing your CV and let us know ‘why Miele?’ and ‘why me?’ in the covering letter section.