Senior Financial Accountant (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)
Location: Hull (Hybrid Working – 3 days office / 2 days home)
Salary: 50,000 – 60,000 + Excellent Benefits
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and technically strong Senior Financial Accountant to join a large, complex international organisation on an initial 12-month fixed term contract. Whilst initially offered as a maternity cover contract, there is a strong possibility of the role becoming permanent for the right individual.
This is an excellent opportunity for a confident finance professional who enjoys operating within a fast-paced, matrix environment, partnering with stakeholders across the business and taking ownership of complex financial accounting activities.
Applicant must be able to start within 4 weeks.
The Role
Reporting into the Financial Accounting team, you will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company’s financial reporting, with a particular emphasis on Balance Sheet accounting, General Ledger control and technical accounting compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership of Balance Sheet accounting, reconciliations and month‑end activities.
- Reviewing and maintaining General Ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Preparing and reviewing financial statements in accordance with IFRS and relevant local GAAP requirements.
- Managing accounting entries including accruals, provisions, prepayments and journals.
- Working closely with Payroll and HR to ensure payroll costs, bonuses, pension costs and other employee‑related transactions are accurately recorded.
- Ensuring payroll allocations, wage types and associated costs are correctly reflected within the General Ledger and Trial Balance.
- Reviewing pension accounting information and ensuring appropriate accounting treatment.
- Supporting internal and external audit requirements.
- Providing technical accounting guidance across the business.
- Working collaboratively with finance and non-finance stakeholders across an international matrix organisation.
- Driving continuous improvement within financial accounting processes and controls.
About You
We are seeking an experienced, proactive accountant who is comfortable operating in a large corporate environment and has the confidence to communicate with stakeholders at all levels. To be successful, you will have:
- A full professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Ideally 5+ years’ post-qualified experience.
- Strong practical technical accounting experience.
- Excellent knowledge of financial statements and how transactions flow through the accounts.
- Extensive Balance Sheet accounting experience.
- Significant General Ledger experience, including reconciliations, account analysis and controls.
- Previous experience applying IFRS, including IFRS 16, together with exposure to multiple local GAAPs.
- Experience gained within a large, complex and ideally international organisation.
- The confidence and initiative to work independently, ask the right questions and build relationships across all levels of the business.
- Previous experience working within a matrix organisational structure.
- Experience accounting for payroll, pensions, bonuses, accruals and employee-related costs.
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Strong Excel skills; SAP experience would be advantageous.
What’s on Offer
- Salary of 50,000 – 60,000.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home).
- Opportunity to join a well-established international organisation.
- Exposure to a technically challenging and commercially focused finance function.
- Genuine opportunity for the position to become permanent for the right individual.
If you are an experienced technical accountant looking for your next challenge within a global business where you can make an immediate impact, we’d love to hear from you.
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