This remote based Group Financial Accountant job provides opportunity to work directly for a growing financial planning and wealth management business.
The group has acquired several existing firms across the UK and is in the process of amalgamating them into the group structure. They have completed the process of building their footprint across the UK with regional hubs and will now begin to focus on growing each office through smaller acquisitions and organic growth.
You will be joining their Group Finance department consisting of 8, who are responsible for the management and financial accounting for all entities within the group. Your responsibilities will include:
- Integrating and aligning processes across the newly acquired businesses, by bringing the finance function in-house (often this is currently outsourced)
- Streamlining the group structure by closing smaller entities which will include transferring costs, ensuring final tax return has been paid, issuing dividends and striking off Companies House
- Producing month end and statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors
- Enhancing and improving processes such as, rolling out a new expense package, oversee migration of QuickBooks to Xero
This role requires an individual with technical accounting experience, with strong experience in audit and technical consolidation. This is best suited to an Accountant within a public practice working on accounts for larger firms with complex accounting structures.
The finance team all work remotely with a collaborative, open and trusting work relationship.
Group Financial Accountant Requirements
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You must be a qualified and practicing Accountant with audit and technical consolidation experience
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You must have experience of preparing accounts for large, public firms
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Individuals with prior experience within one of the big 4 accountancy firms would be preferrable
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Individuals with experience of the following would be beneficial for this role:
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Use of Xero
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Working within FCA regulated business
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Experience of amalgamating group entities as a result of acquisitions
Group Financial Accountant Benefits
- Salary of up to £60,000 plus company benefits
- Plus, company benefits of 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, group life assurance, group income protection, private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, discretionary company bonus award opportunity
- Remote based with occasional trips to the offices.
- Excellent career progression, with individual development plans shaped around your desired career path.
Location
Remote based
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