Financial Accountant

Streets Accountants; Burnley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Workplace pension

Employee benefits scheme

Life assurance

EAP

Job summary

Streets LLP is expanding its Central Finance team and seeks a high-calibre Financial Accountant to own statutory reporting and group-wide tax governance. The role supports external audits, post-acquisition integration, and a broad range of financial compliance within a growing professional services group.

The successful candidate will oversee statutory accounts across multiple entities, manage tax liabilities, and maintain robust financial controls while contributing to the finance integration

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA or ACCA with post-qualification experience.
• Minimum 10 years’ post-qualified experience in financial reporting and governance.
• Strong accounting and tax knowledge with UK compliance focus.
• Experience consolidating multi-entity group accounts and liaising with auditors.

Responsibilities

• Own statutory accounts for group entities (UK and overseas as applicable).
• Coordinate year-end processes and timetable for statutory reporting.
• Lead external audit process and deliver information on time.
• Maintain strong financial controls and supporting workpapers.
• Oversee corporation tax calculations and payments; monitor quarterly instalments.
• Support M&A activities including due diligence and post-acquisition accounting.

Skills

ACCA/ACA qualified

Post-qualified 10+ yrs

Technical accounting

UK corporation tax

Multi-entity exposure

Stakeholder management

Financial governance

Education

ACCA/ACA qualification

Job description

Streets is a modern, forward-thinking accountancy practice with 33 offices across the UK and growing. We combine the expertise of a national firm with the collaborative, people-first culture of a close-knit practice. Our team supports an impressive variety of clients, from entrepreneurial start-ups to established companies, charities, and family businesses.

Role Overview

We are an exciting and rapidly growing professional services group, expanding both organically and through acquisitions. We are seeking a high-calibre Financial Accountant to join our Central Finance team. This is a pivotal technical finance role with responsibility for statutory reporting, corporation tax oversight, audit support and a broad range of financial compliance and governance activities across the group. As well as playing a role in the financial integration of newly acquired businesses, including reviewing financial due diligence and the execution of finance-related post-acquisition plans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership and preparation of statutory accounts across a portfolio of group entities, of varying structures; limited companies, LLPs and partnerships, including group consolidation of the corporate group.

• Coordinating year-end processes, aligning accounting reference dates where required and maintaining the statutory accounts timetable.

• Acting as a key finance contact throughout the external audit process and ensuring information is delivered accurately and on time.

• Maintaining appropriate workpapers, technical accounting support and a strong financial control environment.

• Oversight of corporation tax calculations, liabilities and payment profiles across the group.

• Monitoring quarterly instalment payment requirements and relevant thresholds, with timely escalation of risks.

• Supporting section 455 planning and other corporation tax compliance matters.

• Monitoring cash VAT accounting thresholds and coordinating action where entities need to change VAT accounting basis.

• Preparing or coordinating confirmation statements, ONS (Office of National Statistics) returns and other recurring or M&A (Mergers & Acquisition) related statutory or regulatory submissions.

• Preparing dividend paperwork and supporting the maintenance of share capital records and corporate documentation.

• Managing bank KYC (Know Your Customer) and administrative requirements, including mandate, access and banking control reviews.

• Supporting the rationalisation of banking arrangements and remediation of identified banking control issues.

• Coordinating insurance renewals and providing accurate financial information to insurers, banks and other external stakeholders.

• Preparing capital account information and other post-management-accounts reporting as required.

• Supporting financial due diligence and the preparation or review of completion accounts for acquisitions.

• Supporting year-end alignment, share capital tables and technical accounting matters for newly acquired entities.

• Ensuring new entities are added to relevant statutory, tax and compliance trackers and embedded into group reporting and control processes.

• Supporting the Finance Integration Manager during acquisition and integration phases.

• Providing technical accounting guidance and practical support to the wider finance team.

Key Skills and competencies:

• ACA or ACCA qualified

• At least 10 years’ post qualified experience

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and sound knowledge of UK corporation tax compliance and an ability to identify and escalation of technical or compliance risks.

• Significant experience preparing individual entity and consolidated statutory accounts and supporting year-end and external audit processes.

• Experience working in a multi-entity or group environment, ideally within a growing or acquisitive organisation.

• Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple entities, deadlines and stakeholders. Personal qualities we are looking for:

• Ability to develop trusting relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues, demonstrating professionalism, reliability, and genuine care.

• Forward-thinking approach, keen to challenge the norm and suggest improvements that deliver smarter outcomes.

• Confidence in owning workstreams, taking responsibility for quality and accuracy while escalating issues appropriately.

• Collaborative mindset, contributing to a supportive team culture and sharing knowledge to help colleagues succeed.

• Organised and proactive, able to manage workloads independently while balancing multiple client commitments.

• Clear communicator, able to present financial information in a way that builds understanding and trust.

• Resilient and adaptable, maintaining focus and professionalism when faced with challenges or deadlines.

What we offer you:

• Opportunity to establish a dedicated technical finance capability in a newly created role, within a high-growth, acquisitive group.

• Real scope to shape statutory, tax, banking and compliance processes and make a tangible impact.

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.

• Workplace pension

• Employee benefits scheme offering discounts from hundreds of retailers.

• Life assurance.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

This is an office-based role, full time 38.75 hours per week.