Financial Accountant

We are seeking a qualified Senior Financial Accountant to join the finance team of a major national charity working to improve the lives, wellbeing and opportunities of people across the UK.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a purpose-led organisation with a complex group structure and significant reach. Reporting to the Head of Financial Control, the successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining a robust financial control environment and delivering accurate statutory and management reporting across the Group and its five subsidiaries.

A particular focus of the role will be the annual statutory accounts and audit process. This represents a significant programme of work each year, running broadly from April through to August, and the Senior Financial Accountant will work alongside another member of the financial accounting team to ensure Group and subsidiary accounts are completed accurately and to timetable.

The Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for:

• Preparing statutory accounts for key subsidiaries and supporting delivery of the consolidated Group accounts
• Preparing the Group Statement of Financial Activities and cashflow statement
• Acting as a key point of contact for external auditors and coordinating the provision of audit information
• Maintaining a strong balance-sheet control environment, ens...