Senior Financial Accountant - newly qual/1year PQE

Goodman Masson; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Goodman Masson in London is seeking a ACA-qualified Senior Financial Accountant to join its Finance team. The role focuses on strengthening controls, upgrading systems, and leveraging automation and AI to drive smarter finance processes.

You will lead supplier payments improvements, enhance inventory accounting, and implement a new credit control process to improve cash flow. The position offers hybrid working and exposure to cross-functional projects with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• ACA-qualified senior financial accountant with hands-on experience in credit control and payment processing.
• Exposure to VAT, audit and statutory reporting.
• Advanced Excel and familiarity with finance systems; Microsoft Dynamics ERP is a bonus.

Responsabilités

• Lead the supplier payment cycle redesign for accuracy and improved cash management.
• Drive projects to strengthen inventory accounting and reporting, including valuation and reconciliations.
• Create and embed a new credit control and debt collection process to improve cash flow.
• Act as ERP expert, improving processes, controls and documentation.
• Apply AI and automation to reduce manual effort and improve insight.
• Support month-end close, focusing on P&L, accruals, prepayments and inventory.
• Own record-to-report and ensure efficient control framework.
• Provide accounting policy input and cover audit, tax and treasury as needed.
• Coach accounting team; potential direct reports as role grows.
• Work with IT/HR/commercial teams to improve controls/reporting.

Connaissances

Credit control

Payment processing

Process improvement

Excel

ERP systems

Formation

ACA qualification

Outils

Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Description du poste

Senior Financial Accountant - London - £60-65k - Hybrid

Our client, a growing consumer brand, is looking for an ACA-qualified Senior Financial Accountant to join its Finance team. The business is investing in how Finance works: stronger controls, better systems and smarter use of automation and AI. It is a place where good ideas are listened to and acted on, and where you can see the impact of your work.

Key responsibilities

Improvement and new processes

• Take the lead on reshaping the supplier payment cycle, redesigning approvals, controls and scheduling so payments are accurate, timely and limited to what is genuinely due, with better cash management as a result
• Drive projects to strengthen inventory accounting and reporting, covering valuation, landed costs, provisions, write-offs and reconciliations, with an emphasis on simplification, automation and tighter controls
• Create and embed a new credit control and debt collection process to improve cash flow and bring down overdue balances
• Serve as the in-house expert on the ERP platform, introducing improved processes, controls and documentation
• Look for opportunities to apply AI, automation and better use of systems to remove manual effort and improve accuracy and insight

Month end and control

• Support and cover the month-end close, with primary responsibility for the P&L, accruals, prepayments and inventory, and wider cover as required
• Own record to report within your remit, keeping it efficient and well controlled
• Help the team stay aligned with the control framework and streamline reporting
• Input into accounting policy and provide cover for audit, tax and treasury matters when needed

Team, partnering and wider support

• Offer technical guidance and coaching to the accounting team, leading through expertise rather than formal line management (direct reports may follow as the role grows)
• Work with IT, HR and commercial colleagues to improve controls and reporting
• Assist the Head of Finance and senior leadership with ad-hoc analysis and projects

About you

• Hands-on experience of credit control, payment processing and making transactional finance more efficient
• Exposure to VAT, audit and statutory reporting, and the ability to cover a broad finance remit
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence with finance systems; experience with a Microsoft Dynamics ERP is a bonus, as is an interest in AI and automation