Financial Accountant

Rullion; England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Financial Accountant, where you'll play a crucial role in the finance operations. This permanent position offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance your work and personal life effectively. You'll be responsible for cash flow management, month-end procedures, and corporate governance, ensuring accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting, excellent Excel skills, and a keen eye for detail. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team while enjoying competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Life Assurance - 4x salary

Hybrid working

6.5% company pension contribution

Salary sacrifice benefits

Professional development support

Free flu jabs

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in accounting within a project or professional service environment.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily cash reconciliation and monthly procedures.
• Assist with audits and support sales and purchase ledger functions.

Skills

Accounting in a projects environment

Excel proficiency

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Reconciliation experience

Education

Part qualified accountant

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Rullion is excited to partner with a leading innovator in advanced system integration who possess over 50 years project experience across highly regulated sectors. Due to expansion, our client is seeking a Financial Accountant.

This position is key to ensuring the efficient day-to-day running of our finance operations. It provides vital support to senior finance leaders (FD, FC, FM, and FBP) on a range of ad hoc projects, while also offering essential backup to the wider finance team, including purchase and sales ledger functions, as needed.

This is a permanent role, based in Staffordshire with flexibility to work 2 days from home.

Core working hours between 9:30am - 3:00pm with flexibility to start and finish around you - 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: Highly competitive - please reach out for more info

Benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays option to buy/sell
• Life Assurance - 4x salary
• Hybrid working flexible with this
• Access to 6.5% company contribution pension scheme
• Access to various salary sacrifice benefits including electric vehicles
• Support in achieving professional development with potential membership fees supported
• Free flu jabs
• Cycle to work scheme

Key Responsibilities:

• Cashflow Management: Daily cash reconciliation, updating cashflow reports, updating and submission of weekly forecast to group, liaising with SL & PL to ensure accurate forecasting.
• · Month-end Procedures: Preparation & posting of month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and project transfers
• Balance sheet reconciliations: on a monthly basis, cut-off testing on a quarterly basis
• Corporate Governance: Production of monthly cost reports for key corporate accounts and analysis spend against budget/forecast, meeting with stakeholders to discuss variances
• Utilisation report: Production of weekly utilisation report and working with finance business partner to monitor trends within each business unit to aid greater forecasting accuracy
• Fixed Asset: maintenance of fixed asset register, addition and disposals, production of a capex report for bi-weekly capex committee and attend meetings
• Audit: Assistance with year-end and half-year audits, dealing with any queries raised and updating statutory accounts ready for review by Financial controller and Finance Director
• Sales & Purchase Ledger Support: assisting both Sales and Purchase ledger where necessary
• Assist with other ad hoc tasks and support the team during busy periods

Ideal Requirements:

• Has experience of accounting in a projects or professional service environment, involving time and expenses
• Ideally part qualified accountant and working towards completing qualification
• Experience in using Excel to an excellent level and accounting software
• Has good organisational skills
• Excellent reconciliation experience and self checking of outputs
• Strong attention to detail

If this role is of interest, please hit APPLY NOW, or alternatively you can send your CV or call Amy Ewence at the Rullion HQ in Altrincham for more information.

We try to respond to all applicants, but sometimes this is not possible due to high volumes of applications; if you have not heard from us within 14 days, regrettably it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

This permanent vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd.

Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base, from small start-ups to large household names.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Accounting/Auditing

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