Financial Accountant

Trial Balance; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious professional services business in Exeter is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their expanding team. The role involves statutory accounting, client interaction, and staff mentoring while offering excellent remuneration and hybrid working options. Successful candidates will hold ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualifications with strong technical skills and a proactive mindset for career growth.

Benefits

Professional study support

CPD opportunities

Comprehensive L&D

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Professional qualification essential (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• 1-4 years PQE preferred.
• Strong statutory accounting experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Focus on statutory and corporate accounting tasks.
• Involves management accounts review and mentoring staff.
• Interested in researching new income streams.

Skills

Communication

Commercial Awareness

Technical Accounting Skills

Proactive Attitude

IT Skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Financial Accountant - Exeter - Full time - Permanent - £38k - £45k - Excellent benefits + Hybrid

If you’re reading this ad and thinking that you’ve seen this before, you’d be right. We’ve actually just filled an identical role, but this business is expanding so quickly that they’ve tasked us with finding another great candidate!

Financial accounting jobs in the southwest are some of the hardest for us recruiters to fill. Why? A) Because the area is not renowned for ‘breeding’ candidates with strong statutory accounting experience, and B) some candidates find the title off-putting, assuming all roles are purely analytical with no commercial orientation.

Our client understands these challenges and is going out of their way to attract a suitable candidate. Who are they? One of Exeter’s most prestigious professional services businesses. A highly successful, rapidly growing company with a global reach and significant career potential. To attract the right talent, they offer remuneration and benefits that far exceed the Exeter average, a blended approach to office and home-based working, professional study support, CPD, and comprehensive L&D. Most importantly, they provide a genuine long-term, interesting career path with ongoing development opportunities, within the UK or potentially beyond.

While the role primarily focuses on statutory and corporate accounting, it is broader than it appears. The position involves management accounts review, working closely with clients, mentoring and developing staff, and researching new income streams. Get in touch for a detailed role specification.

We’re targeting two types of candidates: existing financial accountants or those with strong analytical experience and practice-based backgrounds, ideally (though not necessarily) with audit/corporate finance experience seeking a quality industry opportunity. A professional qualification is essential—ACA/ACCA/CIMA, either recently qualified or with 1-4 years PQE. Strong technical accounting skills, commercial awareness, experience with various reporting standards, and excellent IT skills are required, along with exceptional communication abilities. A proactive attitude and desire for career progression are also key.

Interested? Please contact Dan Saunders quoting reference DS9620. All inquiries will be handled confidentially, and additional vacancy details will be provided to suitable candidates.