Financial Accountant

Downey Osborne; Omagh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business in the UK is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their team on a hybrid working basis. This role is essential to manage month-end processes and ensure accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate should be a fully qualified accountant with strong experience in financial accounting, budgeting, and forecasting. The company values quality, innovation, and continuous improvement, providing a competitive salary, bonus schemes, and private healthcare.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus Scheme

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong post-qualification experience in financial accounting.
• Strong technical knowledge across month-end processes, reconciliations, forecasting, and cost accounting.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close and prepare accurate financial reporting packs for the site.
• Analyse variances against budgets, forecasts, and prior year results.
• Maintain accounting controls and ensure compliance with GAAP and group policies.
• Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and cost reporting.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process for the site.

Skills

Financial accounting

Communication

Budgeting

Forecasting

Reconciliations

Cost accounting

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Downey Osborne is pleased to present an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join a leading manufacturing business in Omagh on a hybrid working basis. This is a key role within a global organisation recognised for its commitment to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement, both in operations and in its people.

• Competitive salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Hybrid working
• Private healthcare

About You

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong post-qualification experience in financial accounting
• Confident managing reporting for a local site while liaising with global finance teams
• Strong technical knowledge across month-end processes, reconciliations, forecasting, and cost accounting
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence and support cross-departmental initiatives
• Comfortable operating in a hands‑on, fast‑paced environment

Your New Role

Always

• Lead month-end close and prepare accurate financial reporting packs for the site
• Analyse variances against budgets, forecasts, and prior year results
• Maintain accounting controls and ensure compliance with GAAP, group policies, and statutory requirements
• Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and cost reporting
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process for the site

Often

• Assist the finance lead with internal and external audits, including preparation of year‑end files
• Provide commercial insight and financial analysis to support management decisions
• Support capital expenditure planning, reporting, and forecasting

Occasionally

• Participate in cross-functional projects or ad‑hoc initiatives
• Prepare mid‑month flash figures for management reporting
• Assist with system improvements and streamlining reporting processes

Never

• Struggle to access the data you need – systems are established, and the wider finance team is experienced
• Have to explain variances to a seagull

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