Financial Accountant

Our client is seeking a meticulous and proactive part-qualified Financial Accountant to support and enhance their UK Accounting operations. This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a critical part in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance, and driving efficiency in accounting processes. Your expertise will help strengthen the company's financial foundation, providing essential support to both their Field and HQ teams.

What you'll do:

As a Financial Accountant, you'll be at the heart of our client's finance team. You'll take ownership of general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close activities while collaborating across departments to streamline workflows. Your role will involve delivering accurate & reliable financial reporting, supporting the production of timely, precise, and UK GAAP-compliant financial statements. You'll also manage essential financial operations—including accounts payable, payroll processing, and general ledger reconciliation. Your analytical skills will be put to good use as you analyse financial data to uncover insights that support informed business decisions and long-term growth.

• Deliver accurate & reliable financial reporting
• Support the production of timely, precise, and UK GAAP-compliant financial statements
• Assist in maintaining and implementing robust accounting policies and internal controls
• Manage essential financial operations—including accounts payable, payroll processing, and general ledger reconciliation
• Analyse financial data to uncover insights that support informed business decisions and long-term growth
• Work closely with finance leadership and key stakeholders—both internal and external—to ensure alignment and transparency

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Financial Accountant position brings a solid background in accounting. With an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field (and working towards or having completed a CPA / ACA / ACCA), you have spent at least 3 years honing your skills in an accounting role. Your strong analytical and problem-solving skills enable you to work independently and manage deadlines effectively. You possess solid technical accounting knowledge, including UK GAAP principles. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is a must for this role.

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; working towards or completion of a CPA / ACA / ACCA is preferred.
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Solid technical accounting knowledge, including UK GAAP principles
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates