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Newly created opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join our growing central accounting function.
You will join a small team supporting the UK Accounting Controller in the completion of critical central accounting functions for the UK entities of Sopra Steria.
The UK Accounting team is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of UK reporting for both Group and Local Statutory requirements, monthly, quarterly and annually. This includes providing technical accounting advice to the UK Accounting teams. The UK Accounting Team also includes UK treasury and pensions management.
This is a hybrid variable role requiring office presence in our London office a couple of times per month.
Completion of the UK external audit for both Group reporting and local statutory accounts including an interim review
Management of the responses to the external audit queries
Ensuring compliance with Group rules relating to finance, maintaining accounting policies
Be a technical accounting advisor to the UK finance community
ACA / ACCA / CIMA Qualified accountant, preferably with an audit background and experience of preparing/reviewing UK statutory accounts.
Experienced in UK statutory reporting, audit and technical accounting.
Excellent technical accounting skills, ideally with a focus on revenue recognition.
Oracle system experience desirable but not essential
Controls design and monitoring would also be desirable.
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. We are a purpose driven digital transformation provider, creating innovative digital solutions to help clients drive their digital transformation projects and secure tangible and sustainable benefits.

We harness the power of innovation to drive positive change in both business and society, delivering sustainable growth and services which make life better, from effective frontline citizen services, to digitising financial services, utilities, and delivering smarter roads.
We place people at the heart of everything we do and are committed to working with our customers, partners and suppliers to shape a better world and add real and lasting social value to the communities in which we work.
Together we are building a better future by delivering real and lasting value.
 We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role.