Group Financial Accountant

Carbon Clean; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where your financial expertise will be valued. This role offers the chance to work in a vibrant environment, ensuring adherence to IFRS standards and contributing to key financial processes. You will collaborate with a dynamic finance team, providing insights and support for statutory reporting and accounting standards. With hybrid working options, you can enjoy flexibility while being part of a culture that promotes growth and innovation. If you are motivated and detail-oriented, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing organization.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Private Healthcare

Health Cash Plan

Income Protection

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous pension contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Employee Perks scheme

Support for professional qualifications

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with strong financial acumen – ACA or ACCA preferred.
• Background in Audit at Top 10 firm with strong IFRS knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate consolidated books of account per group’s Accounting policies.
• Support with preparation of UK’s consolidated statutory reporting requirements.

Skills

Financial Acumen

IFRS Knowledge

Audit Experience

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Microsoft Excel

Project Accounting

Education

ACA or ACCA Qualified

Job description

Completion of group reporting processes under IFRS:

• Maintain accurate and complete consolidated books of account to defined standards and in accordance with the group’s Accounting policies, structured to enable optimal performance reporting.
• Ensure adherence to all investor and group financial reporting deadlines across the group.
• Ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
• Support with the preparation of the UK’s consolidated statutory reporting requirements and audit procedures.

Oversight of accounting standards and implementation

• Support wider finance members in IFRS 16 and capitalisation
• Ensuring all off-book adjustments get reflected in-ledger
• Draft documentation to support key processes, judgements and policies
• Provide support to the Group Financial Controller
• Ad-hoc projects as required.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you should have a combination of the below knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Qualified Accountant with strong financial acumen – ACA or ACCA preferred
• Background in Audit at Top 10 firm
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS
• A high level of motivation, with the energy and drive to “make things happen” and grow
• Ability to solve problems with some guidance or supervision
• Exhibit high levels of innovation and aptitude to continuously improve processes and deal with ambiguity and identify solutions to resolve this
• Strive to do the right thing: defend principles and policies
• Pride in providing high quality, accurate and timely information, with a close attention to detail and always looking to improve the clarity and value of outputs
• Inquisitive, curious and challenges the status quo, always looking for ways to improve things
• Accomplished verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Background knowledge in project accounting, capitalisation and revenue recognition under IFRS strongly preferred

We give you

• The opportunity to continue to develop both personally and professionally, in our rapidly growing company
• A brilliant company culture that encourages initiative, collaboration, and positivity at work
• Great office environment in our new London HQ, close to the South Bank, and Waterloo, Blackfriars and London Bridge stations
• Hybrid working – with the flexibility to work from home for up to 3 days a week

Benefits & perks include

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare (family cover available for all colleagues)
• Health Cash Plan
• Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programme
• Generous pension contribution – minimum of 5% contributed by the company
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Perks scheme
• Support towards professional qualification and memberships

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people. At Carbon Clean, you will be working in an inclusive environment. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation and identity, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.