Senior Financial Accountant

Job Description:

Our client, a global financial investment firm, is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to join their team in Birmingham on an initial 12-month contract.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• ACA Qualified or equivalent with vast industry experience.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex financial data in a clear and relevant way.
• Previous experience in a fast-growing, international business.
• Resilient, and able to cope with high levels of change.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to influence and challenge others.
• Develop and improve group reporting using ERP systems and ensure that the impact of new systems, processes, or initiatives are appropriately considered and incorporated into existing reporting and controls environment.
• Experience in optimising finance processes to improve efficiency and controls.
• Accountable for the financial integrity of the general and sub-ledgers, ensuring that all balance sheet controls are in place, reconciliations are performed to agreed deadlines, signed off, and any opportunities or risks are highlighted.
• Support the Group Accountant with the preparation of the group consolidation in NetSuite.
• Input a range of projects and continuous improvement activities, ensuring that all projects that impact the Finance team are successfully delivered and embedded in the organisation.
• Experience working with enterprise accounting software, NetSuite preferred.
• Take ownership for maintaining strong financial controls within business processes, including when business changes are implemented.

Core Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely manner and that people are accountable for the work performed to high standards.
• Provide operational support to the finance team and wider business.
• Act as a key member of the Finance team, lead, motivate, and inspire the junior team to reach the next level of performance.
• Collaborate with the FP&A team on non-business as usual project work.
• Support the Group Accountant with statutory reporting and group audit.

Job reference: 16056

To apply for this vacancy, applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.