Financial Accountant

CMA Recruitment Group; Lyndhurst; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Critical Illness cover

Death in Service

Long-term career development

Staff discounts

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is supporting a growing business in the recruitment of a Financial Accountant. This role offers exposure to senior stakeholders and a clear path to owning processes within a high-growth private equity-backed group.

You will manage balance sheet reconciliations, monthly reporting, and cash flow forecasting, while coordinating audits and regulatory submissions. ACA/ACCA qualification and strong technical accounting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualified is essential.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and financial reporting experience.
• Auditing exposure would be advantageous and beneficial to the role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations and control accounts.
• Monitor cash flow performance and contribute to rolling forecasts.
• Own monthly reporting processes and improve efficiency.
• Manage banking relationships, covenant reporting and facility monitoring.
• Coordinate statutory/regulatory submissions and audit coordination.

Skills

Balance sheet reconciliations

Cash flow forecasting

Monthly reporting

Audit coordination

Regulatory submissions

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Job description

CMA Recruitment Group is delighted to be supporting a growing and ambitious business in the recruitment of a Financial Accountant. Operating within a fast-paced, private equity-backed group, this position offers exceptional exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to play a key role in the company's ongoing growth journey. For an ambitious accountant looking to develop their career within a growing group environment, this role offers the chance to take ownership, broaden commercial awareness, and become a trusted member of a highly supportive finance team.

What will the Financial Accountant role involve?

• Maintaining and overseeing balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all control accounts are fully understood and regularly reviewed.
• Monitoring cash flow performance and contributing to rolling forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Taking ownership of monthly reporting processes, identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and shorten reporting timelines.
• Managing relationships with banking partners, including covenant reporting, facility monitoring and quarterly reporting requirements.
• Coordinating statutory and regulatory submissions, including government statistical reporting and compliance obligations.
• Acting as the key contact throughout the annual audit process, coordinating information requests and ensuring smooth delivery.

Suitable Candidate for the Financial Accountant vacancy:

ACA or ACCA qualified. Previous audit experience would be advantageous, whether gained in practice or industry. Strong technical accounting knowledge, with a thorough understanding of financial reporting, balance sheet management and reconciliations. Naturally inquisitive and proactive, with the confidence to challenge existing processes, identify efficiencies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Additional Benefits and Information:

• Opportunity to work closely with senior finance leadership and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Private Healthcare, Critical Illness & Death in Service cover
• Long-term career development opportunities within a growing organisation.
• Generous staff discounts