Group Financial Accountant

Once For All; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness fund

Private medical insurance

Pension

Life Assurance

Holiday entitlement

CPD

Holiday purchase

Volunteering day

EAP (Employee Assistance)

Offsite events

Eye care voucher

Tea & fruit at office

Job summary

Once For All is a high-growth cloud-based SaaS subscription business delivering governance, risk management and compliance across the public and private sectors. The Group Financial Accountant role supports the Group Reporting Manager and Group Financial Controller in delivering timely and accurate financial reporting across the Group.

The role is ideal for a newly qualified accountant transitioning from practice into industry, with a strong technical foundation in group reporting,

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACA or ACCA with a practice-trained background.
• Experience in external audit, ideally with a Top 20 firm.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP with exposure to group reporting and consolidations.
• Experience auditing multi-entity groups and reviewing consolidated financial statements.
• Strong Excel skills and confident handling financial data.
• Excellent attention to detail with ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong communication skills across international finance teams.
• NetSuite experience advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly Group consolidations under IFRS, including multi-currency reporting and intercompany reconciliations.
• Assist with the monthly close process and preparation of management and investor reporting.
• Support accounting and reporting for Group holding companies, including bank and covenant reporting.
• Assist with the preparation of annual statutory accounts under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Support the external audit process and assist with tax and VAT reporting requirements.
• Assist regional finance teams with reporting submissions and technical queries.
• Support the development and improvement of Group finance controls, policies and reporting processes.
• Assist with acquisition accounting, integration activities and chart of accounts management following acquisitions.
• Provide ad hoc reporting, analysis and project support to the Group Reporting Manager and Group Financial Controller.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

UK GAAP

Group reporting

Consolidations

Audit coordination

Advanced Excel

Cross-border teams

Analytical skills

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Once For All is a high-growth, cloud-based, SaaS subscription business. Our technology helps our customers to manage their supply chain governance, risk management and compliance. We work across public and private sector and have over 250k customers across the UK across 20 different sectors including construction, transport, retail, hospitality education, facility and property management, manufacturing, local and central government.

Role Summary

The Group Financial Accountant will support the Group Reporting Manager and Group Financial Controller in delivering timely, accurate and high-quality financial reporting across the Group. The role will assist with monthly consolidations, statutory reporting, audit management and the ongoing enhancement of financial controls and reporting processes within a fast-paced, acquisitive SaaS business.

This role is ideally suited to a newly qualified accountant making their first or second move from practice into industry, with strong technical foundations and an interest in group reporting, consolidations and IFRS.

The successful candidate will gain broad exposure across an international, private equity-backed organisation, including multi-currency reporting, acquisition integration and technical accounting, while working closely with senior finance leadership across the Group.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of monthly Group consolidations under IFRS, including multi-currency reporting and intercompany reconciliations.
• Assist with the monthly close process and preparation of management and investor reporting.
• Support accounting and reporting for Group holding companies, including bank and covenant reporting.
• Assist with the preparation of annual statutory accounts under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Support the external audit process and assist with tax and VAT reporting requirements.
• Assist regional finance teams with reporting submissions and technical queries.
• Support the development and improvement of Group finance controls, policies and reporting processes.
• Assist with acquisition accounting, integration activities and chart of accounts management following acquisitions.
• Provide ad hoc reporting, analysis and project support to the Group Reporting Manager and Group Financial Controller.

Candidate Requirements

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with a practice-trained background.
• Recent experience within an external audit role, ideally with a Top 20 accounting firm.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP, with exposure to group reporting and consolidations.
• Experience auditing multi-entity groups and reviewing consolidated financial statements.
• Strong Excel skills and confident working with financial data.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across international finance teams.
• Proactive and adaptable, with a willingness to support a fast-paced and growing business.
• NetSuite experience advantageous but not essential.

What we offer

As well as a career in a fast paced environment within a expanding business, we also offer the below benefits as standard:

• Wellness fund or *Private Medical Insurance (dependent upon role)
• Pension
• Life Assurance x 3
• 25 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Ongoing continual professional development (CPD)
• Holiday purchase Scheme up to 5 days
• 1 paid and 1 unpaid volunteering day
• 24/7 and 365 Days Employee Assistance Programme
• Team and company offsite events
• Specsavers eye care voucher
• Free Tea, Coffee and fruit every week – Basingstoke office