Financial Accountant - Fixed Assets, Tech & Lease

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions and life cover

Bonus up to 10% of salary

Holiday allowance

Additional holidays

Season ticket loan

Cycle to work

Health cash plans

Salary advances

Employee assistance programme

Maternity/adoption leave up to 26 wks

Paternity leave up to 4 wks

Job summary

Sainsbury's Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Financial Accountant - Fixed Assets, Tech & Lease Accounting to complete period-end accounting for fixed assets, technology costs and leases. You will prepare journals, reconciliations and schedules, investigate variances and ensure IFRS 16 entries are recorded accurately and timely.

The role involves maintaining asset and lease records, supporting reports, budgets and audits, and driving improvements to data quality and automation.

Qualifications

• A recognised accounting qualification, part-qualification, or active study towards an accounting qualification.
• Demonstrable experience of financial accounting, balance-sheet reconciliations and period-end journals or reporting activities.
• Practical understanding of fixed assets, capital expenditure, technology cost or lease accounting, including IFRS 16 or relevant asset-accounting requirements.
• Evidence of maintaining detailed accounting records, investigating variances and resolving or escalating reconciling items.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including experience of managing, analysing and reconciling detailed financial information.

Responsibilities

• Complete period-end accounting activities across fixed assets, technology costs and leases, including journals, reconciliations and reporting schedules.
• Maintain fixed asset and lease records and complete IFRS 16 entries and reconciliations.
• Support periodic, interim and year-end reporting, budgets and forecasts, statutory accounts, impairment reviews and audit requests.
• Work with stakeholders to improve data quality and automate processes.

Skills

Financial accounting

Reconciliations

Period-end processes

Excel

Communication

Organisation

Education

Accounting qualification in progress

Tools

Oracle Financials

Job description

Sainsbury's Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Financial Accountant - Fixed Assets, Tech & Lease Accounting to complete period-end accounting for fixed assets, technology costs and leases. You will prepare journals, reconciliations and schedules, investigate variances and ensure IFRS 16 entries are recorded accurately and timely.

The role involves maintaining asset and lease records, supporting reports, budgets and audits, and driving improvements to data quality and automation.