Financial Accountant

BMI Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading roofing solutions company in Milton Keynes is seeking a Financial Accountant on a fixed-term contract until December 2025. The successful candidate will ensure accuracy in financial reporting and collaborate closely with local and outsourced teams. Key qualifications include being part or fully qualified in ACCA/CIMA and having transactional financial accounting experience. Competitive salary and substantial bonus offered.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Substantial bonus

Private medical insurance

Company matched pension contributions

Income protection and life insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in financial accounting.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ability to prepare financial documents.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the month-end process.
• Prepare and post authorized journals.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Transactional Financial Accounting Experience

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Technical skills in accounting

Proficiency with numbers and Excel

Education

Part or Fully qualified ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

S4HANA

HFM

Job description

Empower, Connect, Evolve, and Inspire - these are the values that drive us and make BMI a company where you can thrive and grow.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join the team on a fixed term contract until the end of December 2025.

As a Financial Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the financial reporting process. You will be responsible for reconciling and substantiating designated balance sheet accounts, in line with group accounting policies and timelines. You will be an integral part of the timely completion of month-end and year-end reporting, statutory financial statements, and tax and VAT submissions.

This role reports directly to the Financial Controller and involves close collaboration with both the local team in Milton Keynes and outsourced operations in Lithuania and Sri Lanka.

As the Financial Accountant, your key responsibilities will be:

• Assisting with the Month end process
• Preparing and posting duly authorised journals.
• Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, identifying and adjusting reconciling items.
• Ensuring assets and liabilities are accounted for correctly and fully substantiated.
• Year end process
• Financial statements
• Tax and VAT

Your key skills and experience will include:

• Part or Fully qualified ACCA/CIMA.
• Transactional Financial Accounting Experience.
• Previous experience of preparing balance sheet reconciliations, financial statements, group reporting and VAT returns.
• Accounting for accruals and prepayments.
• Effective communicator, with a proactive mindset, to continuously improve.
• Able to work unsupervised and deliver to an agreed timetable.
• Experienced in SAP, S4HANA, HFM.
• Technical skills: A deep understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, proficiency with accounting software and information systems, and the ability to prepare financial documents.
• Soft skills: Strong communication skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, organisation, attention to detail, time management, and teamwork.
• Personal qualities: A strong work ethic, integrity, and a sense of accountability.
• Commercial and analytical skills: The ability to review and interrogate financial information.
• Collaboration tools: The ability to use collaboration tools to share documents, communicate, and collaborate on projects.
• Literacy and numeracy
• Initiative and enterprise
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Adaptability
• Professionalism
• Proficiency with numbers and Excel

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits that include:

• A competitive base salary
• Substantial bonus
• Private medical insurance (including family) - dependant on role
• Company matched pension contributions between 4% and 8%
• Income protection and life insurance
• EAP program
• A host of other benefits such as cycle to work scheme and EV scheme.

About BMI

BMI is a new name backed-up with over 180 years of roofing experience and knowledge. Bringing together some of the industry's most trusted local brands such as Redland & Icopal to become the largest supplier of both flat and pitched roofing and waterproofing solutions throughout Europe.

With over 120 production facilities across Europe, Africa and Asia, and more than 9,800 employees worldwide, we're well positioned to offer an unparalleled level of experience and innovation to our clients.

Our roofing products and systems are designed and manufactured in the UK. We have multiple manufacturing sites and distribution depots across the UK and Ireland with our UK&I Head Office based in Milton Keynes and our industry-leading BMI Academy is based in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

Across these sites we offer a wide range of opportunities; from dedicated sales managers and technical experts to skilled operators in our plants, we value every role in the BMI Team and are united in delivering excellence for our customers and becoming the best roofing and waterproofing solutions company in the world.

We are One BMI. We embrace and recognise our differences and unique qualities across all of our people and the value these bring. We inspire, connect and empower our people and seek to proactively engage the communities in which we serve.

We continually focus on creating an inclusive culture where everyone contributes and thrives, where our people feel valued for who they are, have a sense of belonging, and do their best every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and believe that everyone should be treated equally, regardless of their religion, beliefs, age, gender, gender reassignment, race, disability, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability or any other reason, please let us know by contacting [e-mail].

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A career with BMI Group is more than just a job. We help you to find work you enjoy, to use your skills, and support you to become the best you can be.

Working together we can achieve great things. Come and join us.