Senior Financial Accountant
Posted Today by HAYS
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Senior Financial Accountant role is positioned within a rapidly expanding D2C business in London, emphasizing financial control and high-quality reporting. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with senior stakeholders and contribute to strategic decision-making. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic and innovative environment. The role requires a technically strong, audit-trained accountant to manage statutory accounting and audit support effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and supporting the statutory audit process
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements
- Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Producing accurate cash flow forecasts and cash reporting
- Ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP
- Supporting multi-site operations with financial insight and robust governance
- Preparing technical papers as required and advising stakeholders on accounting treatments
- Working cross-functionally and presenting to senior leadership, including C-suite/board
- Supporting process improvements and systems optimisation as the business scales
Key Skills:
- ACA qualified/audit-trained essential (relocators with CA ANZ qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply)
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
- Experience working in fast-paced or multi-site environments (D2C preferable)
- High attention to detail with a hands-on, proactive approach
- Great interpersonal skills and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders
- Immediately available or on short notice
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Senior Financial Accountant - London
Your new company
You'll be joining one of London's fastest-growing D2C businesses, widely known as a true scale-up success story. With multi-site expansion and a reputation for innovation, this is a business where finance sits at the heart of strategic decision-making. You'll work directly with a highly successful finance leader with meaningful exposure to senior stakeholders, both C-suite and board. A collaborative culture, entrepreneurial mindset, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Your new roleAs a technically strong, audit-trained accountant, you'll play a critical role in strengthening financial control and ensuring high-quality reporting across a complex, fast-moving environment. You will take ownership of statutory accounting, audit support, and key month-end deliverables, while partnering with teams across the business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and supporting the statutory audit process
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements
- Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Producing accurate cash flow forecasts and cash reporting
- Ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP
- Supporting multi-site operations with financial insight and robust governance
- Preparing technical papers as required and advising stakeholders on accounting treatments
- Working cross-functionally and presenting to senior leadership, including C-suite/board
- Supporting process improvements and systems optimisation as the business scales
The role offers a hybrid working model, strong flexibility, and a competitive salary. A rare chance to join a brand at a pivotal stage of growth and to develop into broader roles such as Finance Manager or Commercial Finance.
What you'll need to succeed
- ACA qualified/audit-trained essential (relocators with CA ANZ qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply)
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
- Experience working in fast-paced or multi-site environments (D2C preferable)
- High attention to detail with a hands-on, proactive approach
- Great interpersonal skills and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders
- Immediately available or on short notice
What you need to do now
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