Financial Accountant

Tarmac Trading Limited; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role involves leading a small team, ensuring the accuracy of external reporting, and partnering with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with a strong background in managing statutory accounts and a collaborative approach to team success. With a focus on continuous improvement and a commitment to inclusivity, this company offers a supportive environment for professional growth and development. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, this opportunity could be the perfect match.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance helpline

Access to Employee Communities

Training and development opportunities

Discounts on retailers and holidays

Qualifications

• Fully qualified Accountant with experience in complex statutory accounts.
• Proven track record of managing a small team and delivering tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in delivering external reporting and managing statutory accounts.
• Partner with business units and provide technical accounting expertise.

Skills

IFRS

UK GAAP

Excel Skills

Communication Skills

Team Management

Indirect Taxes

Audit Experience

Data Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Job description

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are currently looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to join our large friendly team based in Birmingham.Although the role is based at our Solihull Head Office, we are currently employing a flexible, hybrid working model (2 days per week in the office).

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it is important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

Financial Accountant is a key member of the Finance Team.You will play a lead role in delivering Tarmac's external reporting timetable, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of external reporting. Managing and developing a multi-skilled a small team, you will provide accounting technical expertise and guidance to the team and partner with key business stakeholders, building strong working relationships, in order to deliver the statutory accounts and indirect tax reporting programmes. This role involves working closely with wider group finance, business unit finance and the Corporate Tax team. You will be supported from a project management perspective by another key member of the Finance team who will project manage the statutory accounts programme and work closely with you and the team to manage the timeline, internal review process and audit process.

• Lead the team (6), including line manager responsibility and ensuring team is set up for success, coaching and developing the team and celebrating achievements.

•Support the team from a technical accounting perspective, with support from the General Accounting Manager.

• Prepare and review high quality working files and accounts for Tarmac's statutory entities.

• Review tax submissions and ensure the accurate submission on a timely basis of all indirect tax items within the teams’ remit including VAT, Aggs Levy, Landfill tax and CIS.

• Partner with business unit finance teams and key business stakeholders.

• Be the key point of contact for external auditors.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement and simplification opportunities.

The Ideal Candidate

Ideally the Financial Accountant will be:

Fully qualified Accountant ( ACA / ACCA or CIMA ) with previous similar experience essential in dealing with complex statutory accounts and managing a small team. This would be an ideal opportunity for a first move out of practice for someone from an audit background. You will also ideally have experience of :

• Up to date knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS, UK GAAP).
• Experience of dealing with external audit, and able to apply that to the Tarmac business.
• Strong knowledge and experience of preparing and reviewing sets of accounts and all disclosures including corporate governance/reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of indirect taxes.
• Able to deal with large quantities of complex data – excel skills essential.
• Strong working knowledge of internal controls and audit requirements.
• Proven track record of working to tight timelines and critical deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively.
• Shown ability to identify and propose improvement opportunities

Why us:

In addition to the role of Financial Accountant, we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

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