Financial Reporting Accountant

Virgin Red; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic finance team as a Financial Reporting Accountant in a globally recognized brand. This exciting role involves managing financial processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting key financial projects. You'll work closely with stakeholders, driving best practices in financial reporting and analysis. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a best-in-class finance function while enjoying flexible working arrangements and a supportive work culture. Ready to take your career to the next level? Your adventure awaits!

Benefits

Unlimited Leave

Health Care

Pension Plan

Learning Budget

Flexible Volunteering

Family Support

Qualifications

• Recently fully-qualified ACA or ACCA with an audit background.
• Financial and management accounting experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end financial processes for specific financial service partners.
• Manage profit and loss segmentation for accurate reporting and analysis.
• Support month-end reporting and assist with year-end audit.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Advanced Excel

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

ACA or ACCA Qualification

Job description

Join to apply for the Financial Reporting Accountant role at Virgin Red.

Base pay range

We’re seeking an ambitious Financial Reporting Accountant (on a fixed-term contract), responsible for key areas of Financial and Management Reporting. This person will be integral to managing profit and loss segmentation and leading our financial service project. As part of our dynamic Finance Team, this person will contribute to creating a best-in-class finance function.

So, are you ready for a challenge? Are you ready to take the next step in your career and immerse yourself in a globally recognised brand? If so, then this is the role for you!

Our Virgin Family

Join the Virgin Group – a diverse collective driving change, enhancing customer experience, and having a blast. We're daring, disrupting industries from finance to space, united as part of the Virgin Family.

Virgin Red rewards customers who live the Virgin lifestyle. Earn Virgin Points across our vast partner network, unlocking everyday rewards and exclusive experiences. As the Virgin network hub, we foster deeper customer understanding, opening doors for partners. Bold, distinctive, customer-centric – that's Virgin Red.

We’re a huge brand, but not a huge team, which means we take a hands-on approach while thinking strategically. Everyone rolls up their sleeves to get things done, making it an exciting and collaborative place to work.

Tell me more

• Lead end-to-end financial processes for specific financial service partners, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Serve as key finance liaison for internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage profit and loss segmentation for accurate reporting and analysis.
• Support month-end reporting, including variance analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with year-end audit, statutory financial statements, and accounting paper preparation.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and implement efficient, automated processes.
• Maintain up-to-date desktop procedures and adhere to finance policies and Codes of Conduct.
• Participate in ad hoc projects and support business partnering team as needed.

What you’ll need

• Recently fully-qualified ACA or ACCA, with an audit background.
• Financial / management accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines with the desire to drive best practice.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility.

The extra details

Role type: Contract (12-13 months)

Location: London hub (approx. 1-2 days per week) & your home space

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 plus bonus - We're putting our salaries out there for everyone to see - no smoke and mirrors, just honest numbers. We'll offer a salary that matches your skills, always aiming for room to grow.

Working hours: Full time - We embrace flexible working. Let us know what hours empower you to be at your best both professionally and personally, we’ll try to find a perfect match for you and us.

Benefits: Buckle up for an adventure with Virgin! Our benefits package isn't just a list - it's your ticket to an extraordinary career and life. Imagine unlimited leave for your globe-trotting dreams, a "Screw it, let's do it pot" to enjoy being you, and a learning budget to fuel your curiosity. We've got your back with top-notch health care, family support that goes the extra mile, and a pension plan to keep your future bright. From electric vehicles to flexible volunteering, we're not just offering a job - we're inviting you to join a community that celebrates your whole self.

Some of the attributes that define a Virgin person just can’t be quantified in words. We pride ourselves on welcoming people from all walks of life, with all sorts of skill sets. Most recently, we successfully campaigned to add ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as a skill on LinkedIn. We truly value passion for Purpose and Sustainability, welcoming creative thinkers and innovators. Any uniqueness is a strength and will be considered an asset to our workforce. If there is something you would like us to consider, to tailor the hiring process to the way you work best, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

For this role we will need to do a few extra essential checks such as qualification verification. We'll always be upfront about what's needed, get you’re okay first, handling everything sensitively and fairly while keeping your data secure. We are a Fair Chance employer and our people are our secret sauce so, we will always be open to listen to individual circumstances.

Ready to turn your career into the ultimate adventure? Virgin's got the map, the compass, and the crew. Your great adventure awaits!

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Consumer Services