Group Financial Accountant: Month-End & Consolidation

Hartford Care Ltd.; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford Care Ltd. is seeking a Financial Accountant to ensure the integrity of group financial reporting. You will deliver accurate month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations and provide statutory reporting support across group entities.

You will work with Group Finance, deliver robust working papers, and support audits while coordinating with ERP and finance systems to resolve discrepancies and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified ACA/ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent actively progressing towards full qualification.
• Strong financial accounting experience in a complex, multi-entity environment.
• Working knowledge of UK GAAP/IFRS, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, VAT and statutory accounts.
• Clear, well-supported working papers and ability to hit demanding month-end and statutory deadlines.
• The confidence to challenge unsupported entries and drive issues through to resolution.
• Intermediate Excel and strong experience of finance or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and posting month-end journals, accruals, prepayments and provisions within the Group close timetable.
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and clearing aged or unsupported balances.
• Supporting the Group consolidation, including intercompany accounting, recharges and resolving differences.
• Maintaining fixed-asset accounting, including additions, disposals and depreciation.
• Preparing statutory accounts schedules and audit evidence, and responding to audit queries.
• Supporting quarterly VAT returns and other tax compliance.
• Applying Group accounting policies consistently and escalating technical issues to the Group Financial Controller.
• Working with Transactions, Payroll, FP&A and operational teams to fix root causes of data and reconciliation issues.

Skills

UK GAAP/IFRS knowledge

Intercompany accounting

Fixed assets accounting

Excel and ERP systems

Month-end close experience

Education

Part-qualified ACA/ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Hartford Care Ltd. is seeking a Financial Accountant to ensure the integrity of group financial reporting. You will deliver accurate month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations and provide statutory reporting support across group entities.

You will work with Group Finance, deliver robust working papers, and support audits while coordinating with ERP and finance systems to resolve discrepancies and improve processes.