Group Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant | FTSE Listed Bank | City | 50% Office Based | £65,000 | 18 month FTC

The role sits at group level, so you're working with the final numbers that actually matter to the business, not buried in a subsidiary that nobody talks about. You'll be doing the month-end journals, group consolidation, P&L analysis, balance sheet recs, and getting involved in the annual and half-year financial statements. There's also regulatory reporting (FINREP), cash flow management, share-based awards accounting, and the odd project that comes up because that's just how group finance works. You will work in a high-calibre team, perfect for building the foundational skills you need to excel in your career, and senior management will actually see your work. It's the kind of role where you can tell your work matters without having to squint.

Day to day, you'll be

• Preparing month-end journals and supporting the group consolidation
• Doing the P&L analysis and balance sheet reconciliations
• Drafting the group financial statements (annual and half-year)
• Managing cash flow reporting — actuals and forecasts
• Preparing FINREP submissions
• Handling share-based awards accounting and admin
• Responding to audit queries
• Keeping controls tight and documentation up to date
• Getting pulled into ad hoc projects — because there's always something

Your experience

You'll need to be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Have knowledge of group consolidations, controls and reporting – either from in house experience or clients from your audit days

Have knowledge of IFRS or FRS 102 reporting, or worked in a FTSE-listed environment

You'll be working to tight deadlines a lot, so you need to be someone who handles that without drama. Strong Excel is a given. The rest we can work with.

For immediate consideration, please get in touch with Harry at Trace Recruitment.