Senior Accountant

Cedar; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer services leader seeks a skilled Senior Accountant to join their Group finance function. In this role, you will manage financial reporting, enhance processes, and ensure compliance. The ideal candidate is ACA or ACCA qualified with experience in UK GAAP/IFRS, capable of managing intercompany activities, and has a proactive approach to improvement. This hybrid position emphasizes collaboration and high performance, providing an excellent opportunity for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA or ACCA, audit trained.
• Experience in corporate intercompany matters.
• Proficient in financial reporting and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to enhancing financial processes and controls.
• Lead on corporate intercompany matters.
• Prepare month-end journals and manage financial data.
• Coordinate preparation of audit schedules.

Skills

ACA or ACCA qualified

Experience enhancing/implementing controls

Understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS

Strong communication skills

Ability to partner across teams

Proactive and improvement-driven

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Job description

Staines, Surrey (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

Consumer Services sector global market leader

The Company

This organisation is a global market leader operating across multiple international regions, employing tens of thousands of people worldwide. With a long-established history and a strong track record of performance, the business delivers essential services to millions of customers each year. With multi-billion-euro revenues and operations across approximately 40 countries, the company combines commercial success with a strong sense of purpose, sustainability focus and commitment to its people.

The Opportunity

This highly successful organisation is now seeking a skilled and proactive Senior Accountant to join the Group finance function, managing a team of one. This is a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of financial reporting across group entities. You will play a key role in strengthening financial controls, enhancing reporting standards and modernising processes in an evolving environment.

Partnering across various finance teams, you will drive rigour, clarity and continuous improvement in financial reporting, while supporting statutory compliance and audit processes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant who enjoys improving processes, challenging constructively and operating in a collaborative, high-performance environment.

Key Responsibilities

Controls & Process Improvement

• Contribute to enhancing financial processes, internal controls and reporting frameworks
• Support the transition to strengthened compliance and reporting standards

Intercompany Leadership & Oversight

• Lead on corporate intercompany matters, including transfer pricing and franchise fees, partnering closely with the Group Tax team
• Manage the intercompany accountant to ensure all intercompany activities are completed accurately and on time
• Drive improvements and efficiencies across intercompany processes

Month-End Close & Reporting

• Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and adjustments in line with internal control standards
• Review and validate financial data to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve discrepancies and improve reporting adherence to deadlines

Year-End Audit & Compliance

• Lead and coordinate the preparation of audit schedules and supporting documentation
• Liaise with external auditors to ensure timely completion of statutory audits

Balance Sheet Control

• Perform and review detailed reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner
• Maintain robust documentation to support audit and internal control requirements

Additional Responsibilities

• Ensure regulatory statistical submissions are completed accurately and on time

Candidate Profile

• ACA or ACCA qualified (audit trained)
• Has already made the move into industry and has experience of enhancing/implementing controls
• Worked within a listed environment with a strong understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS
• Confident managing intercompany and statutory reporting processes
• Strong communicator with the ability to partner effectively across teams
• Ambitious, proactive, improvement-driven and comfortable challenging constructively