Financial Accountant

SF Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners, in London, are hiring a Group Financial Accountant to join the Group Finance team on a permanent contract. Reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting, the role supports complex corporate transactions and technical accounting, delivering high-quality external reporting across the Group.

Hybrid working with occasional travel between UK offices. You will analyse M&A activity, consolidation, revenue recognition, and pension accounting, maintaining policy manuals and guiding

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA with post-qualification experience.
• Experience auditing listed businesses or reporting in listed groups.
• Strong IFRS and UK GAAP technical accounting knowledge.
• Experience with business combinations, consolidation, and revenue recognition.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse complex corporate transactions, including group restructurings.
• Provide technical accounting support across IFRS/UK GAAP external reporting.
• Coordinate audits with external auditors and deadlines.
• Prepare technical accounting papers for the Audit Committee.
• Maintain and update the Group accounting policy manual.
• Lead IFRS 18 implementation with finance systems teams.
• Oversee period-end reviews and non-BAU accounting matters.

Skills

Technical accounting

IFRS/UK GAAP

Audit coordination

Communication

PM skills

Listed reporting

Education

ACA/ACCA

Job description

SF Partners are partnered with a leading listed business who are looking to hire a Group Financial Accountant to join their Group Finance team on a permanent contract.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Reporting, this is a high-profile role responsible for supporting complex corporate transactions, technical accounting matters and the delivery of high-quality external financial reporting across the Group.

Location: London

Hybrid working, with occasional travel between UK offices.

Key responsibilities include;

• Analyse complex and non-BAU transactions, including corporate transactions, M&A activity, discontinued operations and Group restructurings.
• Provide technical accounting support across areas including revenue recognition, defined benefit pensions and consolidation accounting.
• Support the preparation and delivery of half-year and full-year statutory financial statements under IFRS for a listed business.
• Act as a key point of contact for the Group's external auditors, coordinating the audit process and delivering technical accounting requirements to tight deadlines.
• Prepare technical accounting papers and presentations for senior stakeholders and the Audit Committee, providing clear conclusions and recommendations.
• Maintain financial integrity across entities within the Group's shared business area, including period-end reviews and non-BAU accounting matters.
• Lead the implementation of IFRS 18, assessing the impact on financial statements and working closely with finance systems teams.
• Maintain and update the Group accounting policy manual, including drafting new and revised accounting policies.
• Provide technical guidance across IFRS and UK GAAP matters to stakeholders across the wider business.

Profile required;

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualified with relevant post-qualified experience.
• Previous experience auditing listed businesses within practice, or significant financial reporting experience within a listed organisation.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge across IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience across business combinations, consolidation accounting and revenue recognition.
• Strong external reporting and statutory accounting experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex accounting matters clearly to finance, commercial and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and tight reporting deadlines.