Reporting Accountant

Secure Trust Bank PLC.; Blossomfield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution in the UK is seeking a Reporting Accountant to join its External Reporting & Tax team. The role involves producing consolidated financial statements, ensuring compliance with tax obligations, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess a recognized accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) and have strong technical accounting knowledge. Benefits include hybrid working options, a competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Competitive salary

Pension and bonus

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• 1–2 years post-qualification experience ideally in a similar role.
• Experience in preparing Annual Reports and subsidiary accounts.
• Familiarity with Listing Rules and financial services sector is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the production of consolidated financial statements.
• Manage deliverables and liaise with external auditors.
• Contribute to tax compliance activities.

Skills

Technical accounting knowledge

Communication skills

IFRS knowledge

Education

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification

Job description

Are you a qualified accountant with a passion for precision, collaboration, and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, regulated environment where your technical expertise makes a real impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Secure Trust Bank Group is looking for a Reporting Accountant to join our External Reporting & Tax team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality financial and tax reporting across the Group, while working with a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the production of the Group’s consolidated and subsidiary financial statements, including Annual and Interim Reports.
• Preparing accurate and timely disclosures to a high standard.
• Managing deliverables and liaising with external auditors to ensure smooth audit processes.
• Collaborating with internal teams to provide data and insights for regulatory returns.
• Contributing to tax compliance activities, including UK Corporation Tax and VAT.
• Researching and advising on complex technical accounting matters (e.g. IFRS 9, IFRS 2, IFRS 5).
• Producing technical accounting papers and challenging key judgements to ensure robust financial reporting.

What we’re looking for:

• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) ideally with 1–2 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly IFRS.
• Experience in producing Annual Reports, Interim Reports, and subsidiary accounts.
• Familiarity with the Listing Rules and financial services sector (desirable).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.

Why join Secure Trust Bank Group?

• Hybrid working and flexible hours to support your work-life balance.
• A collaborative culture that values diversity, inclusion, and innovation.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• A competitive salary and benefits package, including pension, bonus, and wellbeing support.

Everyone is different. Everyone is valued.

As part of our vision to become the most trusted specialist lender in the UK, we’ve been helping customers and businesses fulfil their ambitions since 1952. In that time, we’ve learned that we’re more than the sum of our parts. We’re a strong Group because of our people and our strengths; specialist, expert, ambitious and also diverse. All our people are different and this is something we celebrate. Every one of our employees brings unique talent, ability and perspective to their role. That’s why Secure Trust Bank Group nurtures differences. We understand that we perform better because we’re not cast from the same mould. We actively embrace and support diversity, work with leading industry bodies and promote initiatives that reinforce our philosophy of giving you the freedom to be who you are. We’re an award‑winning bank providing savings accounts and lending services to over one million customers. We’re Secure Trust Bank Group. We embrace difference.