Financial Accountant

IFF Talent; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A large established group in Leeds seeks a Financial Accountant to drive transformation in its finance function. This role emphasizes modernizing processes, enhancing reporting systems, and supporting junior team members. Candidates should be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong technical accounting skills and an eagerness to improve existing processes. The opportunity offers remote-first working with a focus on employee wellbeing and meaningful impact on the organization's direction.

Benefits

Remote-first working

Focus on wellbeing

Autonomy in work

Qualifications

• Qualified or close to ACA/ACCA/CIMA certification.
• Strong technical skills in accounting.
• Ability to enhance and modernise processes.
• Good communication with non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce financial statements with modern delivery.
• Own reconciliations, controls, and compliance.
• Redesign processes for efficiency.
• Support junior team members in skill development.

Skills

Process improvement

Technical accounting knowledge

Clear communication

Accuracy under pressure

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification (or close)

Job description

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - A ROLE WITH REAL IMPACT

Leeds / Remote | £45,000-£55,000

Some finance roles keep you in the engine room. This one lets you redesign the engine.

If you're an ACA/ACCA/CIMA accountant who thrives on improving, modernising and elevating how finance works, this is the kind of opportunity that doesn't come around often. A large, established group is transforming its entire finance function - and they want someone who can bring ideas, challenge the old ways, and help build something better.

This isn't "business as usual." This is your chance to shape what great looks like.

THE CONTEXT YOU'RE STEPPING INTO

The business is in the middle of a major finance transformation. Reporting, controls, systems, processes - everything is being re-examined with fresh eyes. The appetite for change is real, and it's coming from the top.

You'll join Group Finance as a standalone Financial Accountant, reporting to a Head of Finance who wants someone curious, proactive and ambitious. Someone who doesn't just prepare numbers, but improves how those numbers are created, controlled and communicated.

This is a role where your voice will be heard.

WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE DIFFERENT

You won't just produce weekly, monthly and annual financial statements - you'll help modernise how they're delivered. You'll bring sharper analysis, clearer commentary, and more meaningful insight to senior management and the Board.

Balance sheet integrity is a priority. You'll take ownership of reconciliations, controls and compliance - and you'll have the freedom to redesign processes that need tightening, simplifying or automating.

Your analysis and commentary will directly support strategic decision-making. This is a role where your work genuinely shapes business direction, not just ticks a statutory box.

You support junior team members, help develop their skills, and play a part in creating a more modern, efficient and forward-thinking finance culture.

You help build a better finance function.

You'll be part of the transformation projects

• Improving reporting systems and processes
• Enhancing controls and audit readiness
• Supporting ledger and system changes
• Re-engineering how financial information flows across the group

If you enjoy fixing, improving and modernising, this is your playground.

You'll work in a culture that trusts you

• Remote-first working
• One day a week in Leeds
• A leadership team that values wellbeing
• No long-hours culture
• Autonomy to work in the way that gets the best out of you

You’ll be judged on impact, not time spent at a desk.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Is ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (or close)
• Has strong technical accounting knowledge
• Enjoys improving processes, not just following them
• Communicates clearly with non-finance stakeholders
• Can balance accuracy with pace
• Wants to be part of a finance function that’s evolving, not standing still

Experience in professional services, legal or financial services is helpful - but mindset matters more than sector.

WHY THIS ROLE WILL ELEVATE YOUR CAREER

Because you’ll leave with more than experience - you’ll leave with impact.

You’ll be able to say you helped modernise a group finance function. You’ll gain visibility with senior leaders. You’ll build a reputation as someone who improves, not just maintains. And you’ll open doors into wider group roles across reporting, FP&A, commercial finance or transformation.

This is the kind of role that accelerates your trajectory.

READY TO STEP INTO A ROLE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE?

If you want a Financial Accountant role where your ideas matter, where you can influence change, and where your career can grow in multiple directions, this is your moment.

Your next chapter starts here.