Assistant Financial Accountant

Responsibilities

• Supports the preparation of audited annual financial statements and external returns, acting as a key coordination point for NAO and other audit bodies.
• Manages audit liaison activities by maintaining robust reconciliations, preparing audit evidence packs, and providing clear explanations and supporting data for sample requests.
• Reviews, analyses, and interprets financial data to provide insight to managers, Finance Leadership, and wider finance colleagues, ensuring accuracy of accounts inputs and monthly reconciliations.
• Provides financial accounting and tax guidance across the organisation, escalating complex issues and engaging with Client Technical Accounting and Tax Centres of Excellence where required.
• Ensures compliance with accounting standards, supports implementation of new rules, and works with the business to collate information for VAT returns, losses, special payments, and control.

• Qualified or working towards qualification with CCAB or CIMA.
• Good understanding of financial accounting and statutory accounts
• Understanding of up-to-date financial reporting requirements (IFRS, FReM)
• Competent with Microsoft Excel
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain good working relationships internally
• Personal resilience in dealing with non-negotiable timescales and conflicting priorities

• A career path that can demonstrate effective delivery of:
• Financial accounting and reporting
• Preparation of statutory accounts
• Financial governance (including VAT compliance)
• Awareness of government accounting and Managing Public Money
• Experience of using Client Financial Cloud software