Financial Reporting Accountant
Chalk Hill Group is exclusively partnering with an established Financial Services business to recruit a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant into its finance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong, qualified accountant to take on a varied role combining technical accounting, financial reporting, governance and commercial business partnering.
Working closely with the Financial Controller and senior stakeholders across the organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring financial reporting is accurate, robust and compliant, while providing technical guidance and insight to support wider business decisions.
You'll also have the opportunity to influence how the finance function operates, improving processes, strengthening controls and making better use of systems, data and automation.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide technical accounting guidance, assessing complex accounting matters and preparing technical papers for senior stakeholders, auditors and committees.
- Oversee financial controls and governance, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Lead the production of the Economic Balance Sheet, supporting regulatory reporting requirements including Solvency UK submissions.
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting financial schedules.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial commentary against budgets, forecasts and prior-year performance.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning, including cash flow and balance sheet projections.
- Produce financial reporting packs for senior leadership, the Board and Audit Committee.
- Support year-end processes, statutory accounts preparation and internal and external audit activity.
- Work alongside Commercial Finance and FP&A teams, providing financial insight and constructive challenge on business initiatives and projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, controls and systems.
About you:
- ACA or ACCA qualified, with a strong technical accounting background.
- Experience preparing statutory accounts, management accounts and technical accounting papers.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, balance sheet reviews, reconciliations and financial reporting.
- Confident analysing financial performance, identifying risks and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience using finance systems and reporting tools
- Commercially minded, with the ability to build relationships across finance and wider business teams.
- A proactive approach to process improvement, automation and making finance functions more efficient.
The opportunity:
- Salary up to £65,000 per annum
- Annual bonus.
- 28 days annual holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Up to 10% employer pension contribution.
- Life Assurance x4
- Flexible benefit allowance
- Hybrid working, with just 2 days per week in the Andover office.
- Opportunity to work in an established, purpose-led financial services organisation.
- Exposure to senior leadership, governance committees and strategic business decisions.
If you're a technically strong qualified accountant looking for a role offering genuine variety, senior stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to influence financial reporting and governance, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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