Group Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant

We are recruiting a Group Financial Accountant to join our Group Finance Team based out of our Whitley (DN14 0HR
) location. Flexible hybrid working is available.

The Group Financial Accountant is responsible for owning the preparation of the group management accounts pack and providing insightful reporting through consolidation, performance analysis and variance commentary to drive performance among other duties.

We are looking for someone with experience of working in a global organisation where connecting with various (local and regional) stakeholders, working on annual budgets, forecasting and preparing management packs are all that you are used to.

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday + public holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension
• Car salary sacrifice scheme via Tusker
• Paid volunteer day to support a cause you are passionate about
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay entitlements
• Healthcare cash plan, including free eye tests
• Dedicated 24/7 employee benefits platform ‘Verlingue’ that includes retail discounts, salary sacrifice options, and health and wellbeing support
• EAP WeCare service - including a 24/7 online GP and mental health counselling service
• Boost your learning and growth through access to Linked In learning and a Talent Library with over 800 courses, covering subjects from business skills to project management essentials
• A warm and welcoming team environment
• Development and a chance to build a rewarding career

• Prepare the monthly consolidated accounts, working as part of the wider Group Finance team.
• Own the preparation of the monthly Group management accounts pack, including updating reports with the latest results and variances and forming supporting commentary to meet corporate deadlines.
• Review and challenge regional performance vs forecast to provide clarity over drivers of Group performance to senior management and the Board.
• Consolidate the weekly regional STCF submissions and produce the Group STCF summary, continuously challenging and improving the process.
• Support the annual budget and forecasting processes, including creating and maintaining templates and assisting with submissions from regional teams.
• Support monthly calls with international finance teams.
• Assist in responding to queries from internal and external customers (Senior Management, Board, banking syndicate, etc.) and produce ad‑hoc reports in response to such queries.
• Provide modelling, financial planning & analysis and ad‑hoc financial support as required outside the day‑to‑day operations of the business.
• Assist in the preparation of the year‑end consolidation package and consolidated reporting process, and assistance where required on the year‑end statutory accounts process.
• Other tasks and duties as required by Senior Finance Partner, Director of Group Finance and wider Group Finance team.

• Qualified accountant, preferably ICAEW
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas)
• Experience of monthly reporting and management accounts preparation
• Excellent communication skills; written & oral and great attention to detail
• Intellectual curiosity focused on understanding the factors affecting commercial performance
• Ability to dissect multiple financial data sets to provide focused understanding of performance

• Solid qualitative, quantitative and analytical skills; critical business sense.
• Committed to outstanding delivery with strong attention to detail.
• Able to multi‑task effectively
• Great relationship building skills; able to develop close and constructive relationships at all levels
• The ability to focus on critical matters and to exclude less productive activity
• Confident and unafraid to ask challenging questions.

• Experience of working in a group environment and hands on consolidation experience
• Knowledge of Tagetik would be an advantage, as would experience with any other financial consolidation systems (MS Dynamics, Sage, Epicor, Hyperion, etc)
• Experience of using Power BI or Power Pivot
• Experience with AI systems and their use in improving processes.
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting

At Tunstall, we’re committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, and we celebrate the unique strengths each colleague brings. Our recruitment process is open, fair and inclusive, and we’re dedicated to providing any reasonable adjustments you may need to thrive.