Financial Reporting Accountant

Artis Recruitment; Dorchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to join its finance team. You will prepare statutory accounts, apply UK GAAP and IFRS knowledge, and work across month-end processes with senior stakeholders.

The role offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office and opportunities to develop technical and commercial expertise. You'll join a market-leading business with strong retention, where high-quality financial reporting and robust controls are valued.

Qualifications

• Qualified or nearly qualified accountant with proven experience preparing statutory accounts.
• Solid understanding of UK GAAP and/or IFRS.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Confidence to work with stakeholders at different levels.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and reviewing statutory financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Ensuring financial reporting is accurate, robust and delivered to tight deadlines.
• Applying your strong knowledge of UK GAAP and/or IFRS to financial reporting matters.
• Supporting month-end, year-end and wider financial accounting processes.
• Investigating and resolving complex accounting issues.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders, auditors and other teams to ensure high-quality financial information.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls and efficiency.
• Supporting technical accounting projects and ad-hoc financial reporting requirements.
• Taking ownership of your work while continuing to develop your technical and commercial expertise.

Job description

Ready to take your financial reporting career to the next level?

Are you an ambitious Financial Reporting Accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge and hands-on experience preparing statutory accounts?

You may be looking for a first move from practice or already working in industry looking for a new challenge. Perhaps you're looking for a role where your technical expertise will genuinely be valued, while giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience, take on greater responsibility and build a long term career. If that sounds like you, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

We're looking for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join the finance team of a market leading business with unbelievable retention and play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting and statutory accounts. You'll work across a broad range of financial accounting activities, gaining exposure to senior stakeholders and increasingly complex areas of reporting.

What you'll be doing:

• Preparing and reviewing statutory financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Ensuring financial reporting is accurate, robust and delivered to tight deadlines.
• Applying your strong knowledge of UK GAAP and/or IFRS to financial reporting matters.
• Supporting month-end, year-end and wider financial accounting processes.
• Investigating and resolving complex accounting issues.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders, auditors and other teams to ensure high-quality financial information.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls and efficiency.
• Supporting technical accounting projects and ad-hoc financial reporting requirements.
• Taking ownership of your work while continuing to develop your technical and commercial expertise.

As a qualified or very nearly qualified accountant you'll have proven experience preparing statutory accounts, a solid understanding of UK GAAP and/or IFRS, strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the confidence to work with stakeholders at different levels.

This isn't simply a role to keep the numbers moving - it's an opportunity to build your career. You'll join a supportive team where development is encouraged, your technical expertise will continue to grow and there are fantastic opportunities for career progression. As you develop, you'll have the opportunity to take on broader responsibilities, work on more complex reporting matters and progress into more senior roles. This company offers a hybrid working model, with 3 days per week in the office, giving you the benefit of regular face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility.

If you're an ambitious accountant who wants to strengthen their financial reporting expertise and see where their career can take them, we'd love to hear from you.