Financial Accountant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Trial Balance is recruiting a Financial Accountant for Exeter on a full-time, permanent basis with a hybrid working pattern. The role focuses on technical statutory accounting, reporting, and commercial insight, offering a clear path for career progression in a rapidly expanding business.

The ideal candidate will hold ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, have strong technical accounting skills, be comfortable with audits, and enjoy working in a dynamic professional services environment with study

Qualifications

• Professional qualification ACA/ACCA/CIMA required.
• Strong technical accounting skills and commercial awareness.
• Experience with statutory reporting standards and audit/corporate finance background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare statutory accounts and financial statements.
• Support financial reporting and analysis for management.
• Collaborate with audit and finance teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

Financial accounting

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

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 analytical with no commercial orientation.

Our client understands the difficulty and they’re 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, very rapidly growing business with a global reach and infinite career potential. What are they prepared to do to attract the right people? They’ll offer remuneration and benefits that far exceed the Exeter average. They’ll offered a blended approach to office and home-based working. They’ll support professional study support, CPD and comprehensive L&D. But most importantly, they’re a business that can offer a genuinely long term, interesting career where ongoing development is open to those who want it, within the UK or potentially beyond.

What we’re looking for. There are two types of candidate that we’re focussing on: Existing financial accountants or those with strong analytical experience and practice-based candidates, ideally (though not essentially), with a background in audit/corporate finance who are seeking a quality opportunity in industry. A professional qualification is a must - ACA/ACCA/CIMA all appropriate, either recently qualified or 1-4 years PQE. Strong technical accounting skills, commercial awareness, experience of various reporting standards and a strong IT aptitude are essential criteria, as will be exceptional communication skills. Last but not least, a strong desire for career progression with a dynamic, “let’s solve this” attitude will be clincher.