Financial Reporting Accountant

Together; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm based in Cheadle is searching for a Financial Reporting Accountant. This role involves preparing the Group's financial reporting, coordinating audit requests, and managing stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a relevant accounting qualification and experience with IFRS. This position offers various employee benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and health plans.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Health cash plan and private medical insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in reporting under IFRS.
• Statutory accounting, audit or management accounting experience.
• Strong focus on the quality of work.

Responsibilities

• Prep the Group annual report and accounts.
• Co-ordinate external audit requests.
• Produce statutory accounts work papers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Desire to learn

Education

Relevant accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Description

We're Together. For over 50 years, we've helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans. We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can't or won't. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.

Benefits of working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

Job Description

As a Financial Reporting Accountant, you will prep the Group's external financial reporting, including the Group annual report and accounts, quarterly interim reporting and subsidiary statutory accounts and related work papers. You'll also assist in other areas such as accounting queries, day to day management of external auditors, process improvements and ad hoc projects.

As a Financial Reporting Accountant, we are looking for someone to:

• Prep the Group annual report and accounts, subsidiary annual statutory accounts, and quarterly external reporting to agreed deadlines and periodic financial reporting to support treasury transactions, ensuring accurate financial information is produced
• Co-ordinate external audit requests ensuring requests are responded to on a timely basis and accurate documentation is provided, whilst effectively communicating with the external audit team and Group Finance
• Produce statutory accounts work papers in accordance with reporting timetables, whilst also appropriately addressing review comments
• Drafting of quarterly and annual timetables, ensuring key delivery dates are met, updating on progress, and managing stakeholders across the projects

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Relevant experience in reporting under IFRS
• Statutory accounting, audit or management accounting experience
• Effectively communicating and managing senior stakeholders.
• Strong focus on the quality of work with attention to detail
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Desire to learn and develop new skill

Desirable

• Experience with producing statutory reporting for listed companies, within a Bank or financial services business
• IFRS9 financial instruments experience
• Experience with derivatives and hedge accounting
• Experience of BI tools

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.

Additional Information

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference - we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

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