Financial Accountant

Equifind; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Equifind has partnered with a well-established investment management business in Glasgow to appoint an interim Financial Accountant for the next year. This hands-on role requires attention to detail and strong audit experience to support the wider finance team.

You will prepare balance sheet reconciliations, assist with external verifications, and contribute to consolidation workings while ensuring compliance with accounting standards.

Qualifications

• Ideally from an audit background with 3–5 years' experience in audit or industry.
• Qualified or finalist level (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Knowledge of reporting with FRS102 is beneficial.
• Experience of consolidations is nice to have.
• Experience in financial services or energy is a plus.
• Hands-on experience preparing audit files in a multi-entity environment.
• High volume, deadline-driven with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work with large volumes of data accurately.

Responsibilities

• Prepare standardised balance sheet reconciliations and audit files, aligned to the trial balance.
• Assist with third-party verifications (bank, lender, vendor, customer confirmations).
• Support audit walkthroughs and ensure timely completion of processes.
• Track and resolve audit queries promptly.
• Prepare consolidation workings for external auditors and ensure consistency with trial balances.
• Review statutory accounts for compliance with accounting standards.
• Assist the team with ad hoc queries as needed.

Skills

Audit experience

Professional qualification

FRS102 knowledge

Consolidations

Attention to detail

Data handling

Multi-entity accounting

Deadline driven

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist

Qualified or finalist

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Equifind have teamed up with a well-established investment management business in Glasgow to appoint an interim Financial Accountant for the next year. This is a great challenge to join a purpose-driven organisation that invests in awesome projects.

This is a real hands-on, get in the detail opportunity, where you will be tasked with supporting the wider finance team.

Key duties and responsibilities for this financial accountant include:

• Preparation of standardised balance sheet reconciliations/audit files containing relevant lead schedules, derived from existing schedules used by the finance team, which agree back to the trial balance with reference to supporting workings and evidence
• Assisting with third-party verifications - bank and lender confirmations, contract collation, vendor and customer confirmations
• Support audit walkthroughs ensuring timely completion and internal processes are followed
• Keeping track of open audit queries and staying on top through to resolution, ensuring any audit queries are responded to promptly
• Preparation of the consolidation workings for sharing with the external auditors, ensuring all workings agree to the underlying trial balances
• Carry out the first level of review of any statutory accounts, ensuring accounts are compliant with accounting standards and agree to the trial balance
• Assisting the team with wider ad hoc queries as these arise.

Education, experience and skills

• Ideally, come from an audit background, with approximately 3-5 years' experience or have multiple years experience within industry running audits
• Qualified or Finalist level (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Knowledge of reporting with FRS102 is beneficial
• Experience of consolidations is nice to have
• Experience in financial, professional services or energy is a plus
• Hands-on experience preparing audit files in a multi-entity environment
• High volume, deadline-driven working style with strong attention to detail
• The ability to work comfortably and accurately with large volumes of data

About the business

An international investment manager that has grown considerably over the years. The business has been performing exceptionally over the years and doesnt look like slowing down, due to their proven record.

You will work closely with the head of finance, wider finance team and the external consultants to assist them with the audits and BAU. The culture is fantastic, in addition to being high performing and fun.

As the business is a true financial services SME, they like to collaborate as much as they can and request the team be in the office three days per week.

This interim financial accountant opportunity based in Glasgow, will pay in the region of £45k-£60k, depending on your experience and industry background.

This will be for a minimum of 12 months' work and ideally to start over the next month.

Interviews will be taking place over the next week.