Senior Financial Reporting Analyst (6 Month FTC)

The Crown Estate; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public estate management organization in London is looking for a qualified Senior Financial Reporting Analyst. This role is crucial during a transition period, supporting audits, and driving process improvements in financial reporting. The ideal candidate must be a Chartered Accountant with strong IFRS knowledge and ability to lead significant financial analysis efforts. This position includes a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits aimed at promoting work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working

Private healthcare

Performance related bonus

28 days holiday with option to buy more

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience as a Chartered Accountant.
• Excellent understanding of IFRS and technical accounting.
• Ability to interrogate financial data and produce reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare statutory accounts and support audits.
• Deliver high-quality balance sheet reconciliations.
• Drive process improvements for reconciliations.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Stakeholder engagement

Process transformation

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant

Job description

Overview

Advert Closes: Wednesday 1st October. Are you a qualified accountant with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for driving change? Join us as a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst and play a pivotal role in maintaining financial integrity and supporting transformation during a key transition period. This is a unique opportunity to step into a high-impact role covering paternity leave, where your expertise will help shape the future of financial reporting through simplification, automation, and digital enablement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare statutory accounts, and support audits and tax filings for subsidiaries and joint ventures.
• Deliver high-quality balance sheet reconciliations and insightful financial analysis.
• Support technical accounting decisions and draft clear, concise memos.
• Drive process improvements for reconciliations and ledger clean-ups.
• Collaborate across teams to automate and simplify reporting processes.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and ad-hoc initiatives, including governmental returns.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (or equivalent) with post-qualification experience.
• An excellent grasp of IFRS and technical accounting, with commercial acumen.
• Proven ability to interrogate financial data, resolve anomalies, and produce clear reconciliations.
• Experience in statutory reporting, stakeholder engagement, and process transformation.
• A self-starter with an analytical mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Property sector experience and ERP system knowledge are a plus.

Why Join Us

This role offers more than just continuity; it’s a chance to make a real impact. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking finance team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you're ready to bring fresh ideas and deliver meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Offering / Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclosure

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

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