Senior Financial Accountant

MERJE; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MERJE is partnering with a growing international humanitarian charity to find a Senior Financial Accountant who will lead financial accounting, reporting, and strategic decision-making. This hybrid role based in Wakefield offers a pivotal position within the finance team, ensuring compliance and robust reporting across UK and global operations. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership, advanced Excel skills, and a solid background in charity finance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial accounting and statutory accounts preparation.
• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering.
• Experience in charity finance and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead on financial accounting and regulatory reporting.
• Provide leadership across the finance function.
• Support strategic decision-making and ensure robust financial control.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data Analytics

Leadership

People Management

Communication

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Salesforce

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MERJE are delighted to be partnered with a dynamic and fast-growing international humanitarian charity in their search for a talented Senior Financial Accountant.

Based in West Yorkshire. This is a hybrid role (3 days office 2 days WFH) 9am - 5.30pm.

This is a pivotal senior role within the organisation.

You will lead on financial accounting, regulatory reporting, systems implementation, and data-driven performance analysis. The successful candidate will provide leadership across the finance function, support strategic decision-making, and ensure robust financial control, reporting, and forecasting across UK and global operations. You will be a key business partner to senior management, a mentor to the finance team, and act as a critical support and deputy to the Director of Finance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Budgeting & Forecasting
• System & Process Implementation
• Data Analytics & Business Partnering
• Leadership & Team Management

Our Ideal Candidate:

- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

- Proven experience in financial accounting, statutory accounts preparation, and audit coordination.

- Strong budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering background.

- Advanced Excel skills and ability to manipulate large datasets.

- Experience producing financial insights through dashboards and reporting tools (Power BI desirable).

- Demonstrated leadership and people management experience.

- Experience with financial systems implementation and process improvement.

- Strong understanding of charity finance, SORP, and regulatory compliance.

- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at senior levels.

- Experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector.

- Familiarity with international operations and currency consolidation.

- Understanding of UK Chairty tax.

- Experience working with diverse stakeholder groups, including Trustees.

- Exposure to Salesforce, particularly in a finance or donor management context

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. In applying for this role, you may be registered on our database so we can contact you about suitable opportunities in future. Your data will be managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. If you would like this job advertisement in an alternative format, please contact MERJE directly.