Financial Accountant

ISS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facility management company in London is seeking a Financial Accountant. This role focuses on balance sheet control and income statement management, contributing to overall financial performance. Candidates should be qualified or part-qualified accountants with strong analytical and interpersonal skills. You'll help drive financial strategy and enhance operational efficiency while maintaining strong client relationships in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting complex information.
• Ability to perform well under pressure and challenge existing processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial tasks across customer contracts with accuracy.
• Conduct balance sheet reconciliations as per UK&I standards.
• Support external and internal audits effectively.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Decision-making abilities

Attention to detail

Education

Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA)

Job description

As a Financial Accountant, you will focus on balance sheet control, income statement management, and analysis. You will work closely with the Senior Financial Accountant to refine processes, drive cost efficiencies, and enhance overall financial performance.

Your responsibilities include managing financial tasks across customer contracts, ensuring timely and accurate account reporting and reconciliation. You will play a key role in executing core financial processes, proactively addressing finance-related needs, and maintaining communication with customers and ISS stakeholders.

By delivering value-added financial services to Account Leadership and customers, you will help align financial goals with ISS's broader business objectives, contributing to a culture of financial excellence and strategic support.

This position offers an opportunity to impact financial strategy, improve operational efficiency, and build strong client relationships within a collaborative and growth-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to internal financial controls and complete Controls Self-Assessments
• Conduct and ensure accuracy in balance sheet reconciliations per UK&I standards
• Support external and internal audits, including Financial Controls & Assurance reviews
• Perform Month-End Close tasks for assigned accounts, including accruals and prepayments
• Assist in managing Overdue Accounts Receivable and Trade Working Capital
• Investigate and explain variances from financial forecasts

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or equivalent experience
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting complex information
• Sound judgment and decision-making abilities
• Highly organised with effective planning and time management
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to perform well under pressure and challenge existing processes

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers daily, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards, and caring people, we help our customers achieve their purpose—whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer a challenging and exciting career in an organization with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow, and make a difference.

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, welcoming all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including ethnicity and nationality), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or educational background.

Our commitment to inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive, and happy place to work.