Role Overview
We are looking for a newly qualified Chartered Accountant to help run group finance for our international clients, mainly multi-entity businesses across the UK, the UAE, the US, and India. You will work across the full finance function, from monthly closes and consolidation to compliance, cash, and board reporting, alongside the senior team members who act as our clients’ CFO and financial controller. It is a broad role, and you will see how a group's finances fit together end to end.
Key Responsibilities
- Group close: run month-end closes for group entities, including journals, accruals, prepayments, and bank, vendor, and customer reconciliations.
- Consolidation: prepare group consolidations, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations, and FX revaluation of foreign-currency balances.
- Management reporting: prepare monthly management accounts, KPI packs, and variance analysis against budget and prior periods for founders and boards.
- Statutory reporting: prepare year-end financial statements under IFRS, UK GAAP (FRS 102), or US GAAP, and work with external auditors.
- Tax and compliance: review VAT, corporate tax, and other statutory compliances across jurisdictions, and make sure every entity meets its filing deadlines.
- Cash and treasury: maintain 13-week cash flow forecasts, track cash across entities and currencies, and support payment planning.
- Budgets and models: build annual budgets and rolling forecasts, and support financial models for fundraising and investor reporting.
- Controls: document processes, SOPs, approval limits, and intercompany arrangements, and help tighten internal controls.
- CFO support: take on analysis and projects for client leadership, such as pricing, cost reviews, or setting up new entities.
- Automation: use spreadsheet automation and AI tools to speed up recurring close and reporting work.
Qualifications
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), newly qualified or up to 1 year post-qualification.
- Working knowledge of Ind AS / IFRS.
- Articleship exposure to audit, accounting, or financial reporting, ideally including consolidation or international entities.
- Clear understanding of financial statements and how they link together.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
- Good written English for direct client communication.