Senior Financial Accountant

Royal Mail Group Plc; Chesterfield; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Healthcare

Bonus potential (up to 18%)

Annual leave 27.5 days + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Job summary

Royal Mail Group Plc in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Technical Financial Accountant to join the Group Finance team, with a base in either London Farringdon or Chesterfield Future Walk four days per week. You will tackle complex accounting issues, provide technical accounting guidance, and ensure robust IFRS reporting and external audit readiness across the organisation.

Pension accounting is a core element, with opportunities to influence senior stakeholders and contribute to finance

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with IFRS expertise and external reporting experience.
• Ability to prepare technical accounting papers and guidance.
• Experience with statutory accounts and external audits.
• Proven ability to explain complex accounting to non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical accounting guidance to support key business decisions.
• Prepare technical accounting papers and guidance on significant judgments and standards.
• Support external reporting, audits and board reporting.
• Deliver accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

IFRS knowledge

External audits

ERP SAP/Oracle

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Clear communication

Listed multinational/regulated context

Technical accounting

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Senior Financial Accountant

This role can be based from either our London Farringdon office or our Chesterfield Future Walk office four days per week.

Permanent, full time.

Salary and benefits:

Competitive salary plus:

• £4,000 car allowance
• Healthcare
• Up to 18% annual bonus potential
• 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service
• Pension: access to the UK's only Collective Defined Contribution scheme with industry-leading Royal Mail contributions of over 12%, flexible options to boost your savings, and a guaranteed retirement lump sum*

Royal Mail is transforming, and we're looking for a talented Senior Technical Financial Accountant to join our Group Finance team at the heart of one of the UK's most iconic organisations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong accountant who enjoys solving complex accounting challenges, influencing senior stakeholders and shaping high-quality external reporting. Pension accounting is a key part of the role, alongside broader technical accounting, reporting and finance transformation projects.

The Role:

Reporting to the Financial Accounting & External Reporting Lead, you'll act as a subject matter expert on technical accounting and financial reporting, ensuring robust governance, accurate accounting treatment and high-quality external reporting. You'll provide technical accounting guidance to support key business decisions, contribute to finance transformation and help ensure compliance with IFRS and internal control requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Accounting & External Reporting
• Prepare technical accounting papers and guidance on significant judgements and accounting standards.
• Support reporting and analysis for senior leadership, Audit & Risk Committee and Board.
• Support Group financial statements, statutory accounts and external audit requirements.
• Deliver accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, company policies and internal controls.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury and specialist teams on appropriate accounting treatment.

Projects & Continuous Improvement:

• Improve reporting processes, controls and governance.
• Support the implementation of new accounting standards.
• Contribute to finance transformation and technical accounting projects.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and strengthen reporting quality.

About You:

You're a qualified accountant who enjoys working through complex accounting issues and translating technical requirements into practical business solutions. You're commercially aware, proactive and confident working with stakeholders at all levels.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting.
• Experience of statutory accounts and external audits.
• Strong financial control and balance sheet management skills.
• Advanced Excel and experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Clear communicator, able to explain complex issues to non-finance audiences.
• Experience in a listed, multinational or regulated environment.
• Exposure to technical accounting, finance transformation or external reporting.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing finance team and build your expertise across technical accounting, financial reporting, controls and transformation.

Benefits & Rewards:

In addition to the salary and benefits outlined above, you'll also enjoy:

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Funded Dental - As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance**
• Health Assessment - As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years**
• Benefits Account - With more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to a range of free services and tools, offering support for physical and mental wellbeing, financial guidance, and social support whenever you need it.

*Subject to eligibility, employees can opt into NEST from the start of employment, with automatic enrolment after 3 months' service and eligibility for the CDC pension scheme after 12 months.

**Available only to permanent employees

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have y