Group Financial Accountant

EA First Compass House; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services organisation is seeking a Group Financial Accountant to manage partner accounting and oversee tax matters. The ideal candidate will have experience in an LLP environment and be responsible for producing consolidated accounts and liaising with external auditors. This permanent position offers a salary range of £55,000 to £75,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in partner accounting within an LLP.
• Experience dealing with financial and tax matters.
• Ability to liaise with external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Lead on partner accounting, addressing partner queries and distributions.
• Manage tax matters and corporation tax computations.
• Produce statutory consolidated LLP and subsidiary accounts.
• Prepare audit schedules to meet external auditor requirements.
• Act as the main liaison with external auditors during audits.
• Provide support to FP&R team regarding monthly accounts and forecasting.
• Conduct internal reviews of financial control processes.

Skills

Partner accounting

Tax matters management

Statutory accounting

Financial control processes

Job description

This is an opportunity to join a leading professional services organisation. In this role you will take the lead on partner accounting and produce consolidated LLP accounts. It is important that you have prior experience of reporting in an LLP environment. This role will be a play a crucial role in supporting the partners in financial and tax matters as well as being the link with the external auditors.

Leading LLP with multiple offices in the UK.

As Group Financial Accountant your responsibilities will include:

• Lead on partner accounting, including dealing with partner queries, current accounts, capital and distributions
• Lead on tax matters, including partner tax (with our advisers), corporation tax computations and liaising with external advisers
• Produce statutory consolidated LLP and subsidiary company accounts in compliance with latest UK GAAP, IFRS and UK legislation
• Prepare schedules for audit in line with the requirements of the external auditors
• Be the key link between the firm and the external auditors during the audit to ensure the firm has done everything it can to ensure the audit is completed on time and within budget
• Support the FP&R team with monthly accounts and analysis as required
• Support the FP&R team around forecasting and budgeting
• Conduct internal reviews of financial control processes and recommend and implement changes to eliminate weaknesses and increase efficiency cost effectively

The key experience required for this role is prior experience of working within an LLP environment dealing with partner transactions.

£55,000 to £75,000 dependant on experience

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.