Senior Financial Accountant - R2R

Just Eat Takeaway.com; Loughton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to lead UK R2R reporting, ensure statutory compliance and drive automation. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver accurate insights and support team development in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include overseeing monthly management accounts, IFRS controls, and system enhancements, while mentoring junior staff and improving processes for scalable growth.

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Experience in Record-to-Report (R2R) operations.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with analytical mindset.
• Ability to prioritise multiple deliverables and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly management accounts and statutory financial statements ensuring compliance.
• Analyze PSP reconciliations and staff cost forecasts.
• Coordinate balance sheet reconciliations and drive process improvements.
• Be the main UK contact for Group Controllers on queries.
• Support internal audit and ensure IFRS compliance and controls.
• Lead UK finance system enhancements, reporting automation, and cross-functional projects.
• Mentor and develop junior finance staff.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Collaboration

Education

ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

Job Summary

Join our Global Finance Operations team as a Senior Financial Accountant in the UK Record-to-Report (R2R) function. In this role, you will lead high-quality monthly and statutory reporting, drive scalable automation, and deliver impactful financial insights. Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders, you will help us lead with excellence, deliver accurate results, and care for team development in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts and statutory financial statements ensuring complete compliance.
• Analyse complex areas such as Payment Service Provider (PSP) reconciliations and staff cost forecasts.
• Coordinate balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and drive continuous process improvements.
• Act as the primary point of contact for UK-related queries raised by Group Controllers.
• Support internal audit processes and ensure strict adherence to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and controls.
• Independently lead UK financial system enhancements, reporting automations, and cross-functional workflow projects.
• Mentor and support the ongoing professional development of junior finance team members.

Qualifications

• Full accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with relevant background in Record-to-Report (R2R) operations.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge combined with a analytical, problem-solving mindset.
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple deliverables and consistently meet tight deadlines in a dynamic setting.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of working effectively across teams.
• Self-motivated, proactive approach to driving process efficiencies and business performance.
• Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and reporting tools like Power BI.

About Us

We're a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it's a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe. At JET, this is how we play.

Company Culture

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Being the best at what we do isn't just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable - our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.

At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers' loyalty, again and again.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we're building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

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