Financial Accountant

This role offers the opportunity to strengthen financial controls and processes, provide technical accounting expertise, and ensure a robust, well-governed and resilient finance environment.

• Take responsibility for key areas of financial control, compliance, governance and accounting across the organisation.
• Work closely with senior finance leaders and wider teams to deliver accurate and reliable financial information.
• Enjoy flexible working opportunities and access to ongoing training and development programmes designed to support your professional growth.
• Work in an inclusive environment where your interpersonal skills, commitment to continuous improvement and ability to build strong relationships are highly valued.

What you'll do

As Financial Accountant based in Manchester, you will play an important role within the finance function, supporting a range of financial accounting, control and compliance activities. You will work closely with senior finance leaders and colleagues across the organisation, ensuring financial information is accurate, controls remain effective and key deadlines are met.

• Support the delivery of accurate financial information to the wider business through dependable reporting processes.
• Monitor key financial and regulatory deadlines relating to tax, compliance and governance.
• Support banking operations, including credit card administration, reviewing reconciliations and payment runs, and monitoring relevant banking covenants.
• Assess the effectiveness of financial controls, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing enhancements.
• Support month-end processes, including intercompany transactions, payroll accounting, fixed asset register maintenance and annual audit preparation.
• Support financial accounting across the organisation's property portfolio.
• Prepare and submit data required to support company insurance policies, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, efficiency and resilience across the business.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across departments, providing support on finance queries and helping to resolve issues effectively.
• Support wider finance projects and provide assistance to senior members of the finance team where required.

What you bring

The ideal candidate for Financial Accountant will be a qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with strong technical accounting skills and a good understanding of financial controls and reporting.

• Qualified accountant status (ACA or ACCA) is essential.
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills are required.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at different levels.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to take ownership and use initiative.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across departments.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in strengthening processes and controls.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience supporting or mentoring colleagues would be advantageous.
• A collaborative approach and commitment to the organisation's values.
• Knowledge of property finance or insurance data submissions would be advantageous but is not essential.

What sets this company apart

This organisation stands out due to its unique co-ownership model, where employees have a genuine stake in the future success of the business.

The company places a strong emphasis on collaboration, accountability, inclusivity and continuous improvement, creating an environment where people are encouraged to contribute ideas and develop professionally.

Employees benefit from flexible working arrangements, ongoing training and development, and supportive leadership that values collaboration and individual development.

If you're looking for a Financial Accountant role where you can develop technically, take ownership of key areas of financial accounting and work closely with a supportive wider finance team, this could be an excellent opportunity.