Financial Reporting Accountant

Our client, who are a successful and growing international organisation based in Birmingham, are looking for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join their team. You will be actively supporting a range of central business functions with overhead reporting and working closely with stakeholders across the business.

You will receive a salary of £40k to £55k, depending on experience plus a broad flexible benefits scheme and hybrid working. Hours are: 9.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

As the Financial Reporting Accountant, your duties will include:

• Supporting with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, with a particular focus on overheads.
• Maintaining the integrity of the general ledger and completing balance sheet and other financial reconciliations.
• Investigating variances, anomalies and discrepancies, getting to the root cause and ensuring issues are resolved.
• Working closely with central functions and business stakeholders, including Property, to provide insight and support decision-making.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting, profitability and variance analysis across areas of responsibility.
• Deputising for the Finance Manager when required, including partnering and liaising with internal stakeholders.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and reporting.
• Challenging existing processes and ways of working where you believe there is a better or more effective approach.

As the Financial Reporting Accountant, you will have:

• Strong experience in accounting including month-end, reconciliations, general ledger and financial reports.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• The confidence to investigate issues and challenge when something doesn't look right.
• A naturally inquisitive approach - you'll want to understand the why, not just process the numbers.
• Good Excel skills and experience working with ERP/finance systems; experience with D365 would be advantageous.
• The ability to communicate finance information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience of working with budgets, forecasts and variance analysis
• Qualified or Part Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA or equivalent would be advantageous
• You may have worked in any of the following roles:
  Management Accountant, Reporting & Analysis Accountant, Finance Analyst, Group Finance Analyst, Group Reporting Accountant, Assistant Accountant