Group Financial Accountant

PA Consulting; Melbourne; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Generous company pension

Community involvement opportunities

Job summary

PA Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified accountant for a 12-month fixed-term contract to join the Group Finance Team. The role focuses on group reporting, statutory accounts, consolidation and IFRS technical accounting, delivering accurate month-end processes and notes for the group annual report.

You will own assigned tasks, interact with auditors, and help drive improvements across finance systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with IFRS knowledge and audit experience.
• Experience in group reporting, consolidation and month-end.
• Ability to work with auditors and support statutory accounts.
• Able to quickly learn finance systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly group consolidation and prepare consolidation journals.
• Review consolidated numbers and perform month-end activities.
• Prepare statutory financial statements with variance analysis and commentary.
• Conduct reconciliations and technical accounting analysis.
• Collaborate with auditors and respond to audit requests.

Skills

Qualified accountant

IFRS knowledge

Group reporting

Consolidation

Month-end

Statutory accounts

Financial systems

Financial control

Auditing experience

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Collaboration

Education

Accounting qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA)

Job description

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

This role is as 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Join our Group Finance Team to play a key role during a busy period, with a focus on group reporting, statutory accounts, consolidation and technical accounting matters, including the application of IFRS. This is a hands‑on role for a capable qualified accountant who can bring strong technical expertise, sound judgement and a practical approach to delivery.

The role includes contributing to the monthly group consolidation, including raising consolidation journals, reviewing consolidated numbers, supporting month‑end activities, preparing statutory financial statements, variance analysis and commentary, reconciliations, and technical accounting analysis. You will be expected to take ownership of assigned tasks and deliverables, seeing them through accurately and opportunities for involvement in integration initiatives.

You will provide clear and timely information to internal and external stakeholders, including auditors and advisors, and will be expected to engage thoughtfully with audit requests to provide considered and complete responses. Strong current IFRS knowledge and research skills will be important in supporting technical accounting matters across the finance function and contributing to notes and support for the group annual report.

With support from the team, you will quickly build an understanding of our finance systems, reporting processes and statutory accounts timetable so that you can take ownership of assigned entities and deliverables from the outset. You will also work across a range of finance priorities as needed, bringing a flexible approach while maintaining high standards of accuracy and control.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant – ACA / CA / ACCA
• Strong technical accounting skills, including IFRS, and the ability to research and apply accounting guidance where needed
• Experience in group reporting, consolidation, month-end, audit support, and statutory accounts in a corporate or practice environment
• Able to quickly build understanding of finance systems, processes, and team ways of working
• Commitment to excellent financial control
• Experience working with auditors or supporting audit processes would be beneficial
• A proactive, highly organised self-starter with the ability to prioritise and deliver to strict deadlines, ideally with ability to co‑ordinate x-team groups to establish new processes.
• Tenacious with great attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Flexible, collaborative and willing to support across any area of the team as priorities change

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve)
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.