Financial Accounting Manager

The CFO HQ; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The CFO HQ is seeking a Financial Accounting Manager in Bracknell to lead the production of year-end statutory accounts and manage internal and external audits. You will supervise balance sheet reconciliations, VAT and corporation tax compliance, and payroll processing for UK entities.

You will mentor the accounting team, drive process improvements in procure-to-pay, and build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and auditors to enable informed leadership decisions.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or experienced technical accountant with leadership experience.
• Experience producing statutory year-end accounts.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience coordinating internal and external audits.

Responsibilities

• Manage production of year-end statutory accounts and lead audits.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and month-end deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with VAT, Corporation Tax and other regulatory requirements.
• Lead payables and improve procure-to-pay processes.
• Manage UK payroll and ensure accurate service to employees.
• Coach and motivate the financial accounting team.

Skills

Financial accounting

Team leadership

Statutory accounts

Audits coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

VAT & corporation tax

Payroll management

Education

ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA qualification

Tools

Payroll software

Excel

Job description

# Financial Accounting ManagerAccounting / Finance,Accounting LeadershipNovember 11, 2026Permanent### Job Description* Permanent* Bracknell, Bracknell Forest* Posted 10 hours ago* £48,000 – £53,000 per annumWebsite**CV-Library**Are you a part-qualified accountant, studying towards professional qualification? Or an experienced technical accountant with strong leadership experience?Do you have experience in the production of statutory year end accounts?Have you led, developed and managed a team to deliver results within key deadlines and timescales?This Professional, Membership and Educational body are looking to recruit a Financial Accounting Manager who will focus on ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of financial statements, ensuring compliance and implementation of efficient and diligent financial practices.In this key role, it is essential that you build strong relationships with key stakeholders, working closely with our internal teams and Internal and External auditors and deliver financial confidence and insight that will allow the Leadership Team to make the best financial decisions for the Institute.Reporting to the Head of Finance, your daily duties will include:Manage the production of year-end statutory accounts and internal and external audits, in accordance with Charities Act, SORP and Companies Act requirements.Mange the balance sheet reconciliation process, ensuring month end deadlines are met and unreconciled differences are resolved ensuring timely resolution and accurate accounting.Ensure the Institute and its trading subsidiaries complies with all statutory tax regulations, specifically VAT, Corporation Tax and other regulatory requirements.Manage the payables function to provide a high-quality service and ensure that the teams processes.Lead on standardising, documenting and continuously improving the procure to pay process.Managing the organisation and its subsidiaries UK payroll to ensure that an effective, accurate professional service is provided to all employees.Ensuring the Institute is fully compliant with UK tax and payroll laws.Manage, motivate and coach the financial accounting team, ensure the key performance.The successful candidate will be a part-qualified accountant studying towards their ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualification or an experience accountant with significant technical accounting knowledge. You must have experience in the preparation of statutory accounts, preparing and delivering to the annual audit, working closely with the external auditors. You must possess demonstrable experience of leading and motivating a team to deliver the required results within the required timetable.For this role, you must have strong influencing skills whilst possessing first class written and verbal communication skills, with experience of working closely with key internal stakeholders