Financial Accountant

CIPD Enterprises Limited; Wimbledon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' annual leave

Personal development allowance

Award-winning pension scheme

Wellbeing cash-back scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Fertility and family-forming support

Support for full-time carers

Job summary

CIPD Enterprises Limited in Wimbledon is seeking a Financial Accountant to own reconciliations, VAT reporting, and the preparation of statutory accounts in a hybrid, full-time role. You will work closely with the Financial Controller and Senior Financial Accountant and contribute to a wider, collaborative finance function.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong reconciliation experience, solid knowledge of financial statements, and excellent communication with auditors.

Qualifications

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or AAT).
• Experience performing reconciliations for bank and balance sheet accounts.
• Solid knowledge of financial statements and reporting.
• Strong communication with auditors and finance colleagues.
• Solutions-focused, accurate, and able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Carry out monthly and ad hoc reconciliations for bank and key balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns for HMRC submission.
• Prepare other compliance returns (ONS and HMRC).
• Perform due diligence on key customers and suppliers.
• Monitor cash balances and manage banking/investment accounting.
• Coordinate external audit and production of annual statutory accounts.
• Collaborate with the Financial Controller, Senior Financial Accountant, and the finance team.
• Support international duties with teams in MENA and Ireland.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Reconciliations

Financial statements

Communication with auditors

Deadline oriented

Job description

Financial Accountant

Circa £50,000 + benefits

Permanent

Fullt-time (35 hours per week)

Wimbledon (flexible and hybrid working)

The Role

As Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in maintaining the CIPD's financial integrity, taking ownership of bank and balance sheet reconciliations, VAT reporting, and financial due diligence, while supporting the preparation of our statutory accounts. You'll work closely with the Financial Controller and Senior Financial Accountant, collaborating across the wider finance team, with some international exposure through our teams based in MENA and Ireland.

This is a great opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys getting hands-on with the detail while contributing to a broader, collaborative finance function.

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out monthly and ad hoc reconciliations for bank and key balance sheet accounts
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns for submission to HMRC
• Preparing other compliance returns, including to the ONS and HMRC
• Performing due diligence assessments on key customers and suppliers
• Monitoring cash balances, and carry out banking and investment portfolio accounting and administration
• Supporting the coordination of the external audit and the production of our annual statutory accounts
• Working collaboratively with the Financial Controller, Senior Financial Accountant, and the wider finance team
• Taking on some international duties and responsibilities, working with our teams based in MENA and Ireland

What you'll need to be successful

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or AAT)
• Experience performing reconciliations
• Solid knowledge of financial statements
• Good communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with auditors and colleagues across the finance team
• A solutions-focused mentality, with the ability to work accurately and to deadline

About us

We've been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We're the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals - experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally - and a growing community using our research, insights and learning - we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.

We offer an inclusive and collaborative working environment, a wide range of development opportunities and a competitive benefits package, including 28 days' annual leave (with the option to buy and sell), a personal development allowance, access to an award-winning pension scheme and a strong focus on wellbeing, including a cashback health scheme. We also support colleagues at different life stages, with enhanced parental leave, fertility and family-forming support, and support for those who are full-time carers for their loved ones.

• 28 days' annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)
• personal development allowance
• access to an award-winning pension scheme
• strong focus on wellbeing, including a cashback health scheme
• enhanced parental leave
• fertility and family-forming support
• support for those who are full-time carers for their loved ones

We value everyone as an individual and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, ensuring fair opportunities for all and strengthening how we work and deliver impact together.