Financial Accountant

CMA Recruitment Group; Brighton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Brighton is seeking a qualified Group Finance Accountant for a temporary role. You'll lead technical accounting queries and manage statutory accounts while driving process improvements within a collaborative finance team. The ideal candidate will have strong IFRS knowledge and experience in preparing accounts. This position offers ongoing learning opportunities and employee support benefits.

Benefits

Employee discounts portal

Ongoing learning and development

Qualifications

• Strong IFRS and statutory reporting knowledge.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts for UK entities.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide IFRS guidance and support policy development.
• Prepare statutory accounts and ensure timely audit sign-off.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting tools and systems.

Skills

Technical accounting lead

IFRS guidance

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Systems knowledge

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)

Tools

Tagetik

Job description

Overview

CMA Recruitment Group is looking for a technically strong qualified accountant who is seeking a temporary varied group-level role in a global business. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative finance team in a broad role combining IFRS reporting, process improvement and technical accounting.

As Group Finance Accountant, you’ll play a key role in supporting the wider group and regional finance teams, leading on technical queries, statutory accounts, and improvements to consolidation and reporting tools. You’ll also support a growing UK-based subsidiary with day-to-day finance and planning.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical accounting lead, providing IFRS guidance and supporting policy development
• Prepare statutory accounts for a number of UK entities and ensure timely audit sign-off
• Partner with regional teams across the UK and internationally, supporting reporting and compliance
• Drive continuous improvement in processes, reporting tools (Tagetik), and consolidation systems
• Support monthly group reporting and contribute to ad hoc projects and analysis

Suitable Candidate

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with strong IFRS and statutory reporting knowledge
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and explaining technical issues clearly
• Process-minded with strong systems knowledge
• Organised, collaborative, and comfortable working across teams and time zones

Additional benefits

• Employee discounts portal and wellbeing support
• Ongoing learning and development

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