Financial Accountant

Carlton Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

C Carlton Recruitment is seeking a Financial Accountant to join the client’s team in SW London. The role focuses on reconciliations, VAT reporting, statutory accounts, and audit coordination, with a 35-hour week and permanent full-time arrangement.

You will work with the Financial Controller and Senior Financial Accountant, support external audits, and handle balance sheet reconciliations, international duties for MENA and Ireland, and other compliance tasks.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT).
• Experience performing reconciliations.
• Knowledge of financial statements.
• Strong communication skills.
• Solutions-focused mentality.

Responsibilities

• Carry out monthly and ad-hoc reconciliations for bank and key balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns for HMRC.
• Prepare other compliance returns including to the ONS and HMRC.
• Perform due diligence assessments on key customers and suppliers.
• Monitor cash balances and banking/investment portfolio accounting and administration.
• Assist the coordination of the external audit and production of the annual statutory accounts.
• Some international duties for divisions in MENA and Ireland.

Skills

Qualified/part-qualified accountant

Reconciling experience

Financial statements knowledge

Strong written and verbal comms

Solutions-focused mindset

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT

Job description

Permanent–SWLondon(withflexibleandhybridworking)

35hourweek–MondaytoFriday

TosupporttheFinancialControllerandSeniorFinancialAccountantandtoworkcollaborativelywithotherfinanceteammembers.Performbankandbalancesheetreconciliations,VATreporting,financialduediligenceassessmentsandotherfinancialcomplianceactivity,andassistinthepreparationofstatutoryaccounts.

• Carryoutmonthlyandadhocreconciliationsforbankandkeybalancesheetaccounts.
• PreparequarterlyVATreturnsforsubmissiontoHMRC.
• PrepareothercompliancereturnsincludingtotheONSandHMRC.
• Performduediligenceassessmentsonkeycustomersandsuppliers.
• Monitorcashbalancesandcarryoutbankingandinvestmentportfolioaccountingandadministration.
• Assistinthecoordinationoftheexternalauditandproductionoftheannualstatutoryaccounts.
• SomeinternationaldutiesandresponsibilitiesfordivisionsinMENAandIreland.

KPI’s

• Timelyandaccuratecompletionofreportsandreconciliations.
• EffectivecommunicationwithauditorsandFinanceteammembers.
• Compliancewithdeadlinesforexternalauditorsandforinternalcustomers.

Knowledge,qualificationsandexperience

• Qualifiedorpossiblypartqualifiedaccountant(ACA,ACCA,CIMA,AAT)
• Experienceofperformingreconciliations
• Knowledgeoffinancialstatements
• Goodcommunicationsskills
• Asolutions-focusedmentality

Financial Accountant

Location: SW London

Permanent Full Time

Salary: £40k - 45k

Closing date for applications: November 30, -0001