Head of Accounting

Job in London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK

Listing for: Robert Half

Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary position
Listed on 2026-08-12

Job specializations:

Finance & Banking
Accounting Manager, Accounting & Finance, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Financial Reporting
Accounting
Accounting Manager, Accounting & Finance, Financial Reporting

Description This newly created Head of Accounting role for a rapidly growing Private Equity paying 60,000 to 100,000 depending on experience, based near in the heart of the west end on a Permanent basis. Role As Head of Accounting, you will work closely with the CFO who is all about internal growth and development. Please find a brief outline of the role below:

Statutory & Regulatory Compliance Management Accounts Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other

Purchase Ledger Sales Ledger Process monthly payroll using Sage Payroll Cash & Banking Profile The Head of Accounting for this Private Equityis ideally for the below

Happy to be in a stand-alone role

At least 5 year's experience in a top to bottom accounting role

From Financial services or a family office

Company

The Head of Accounting will report into a hugely impressive CFO who you will very closely on the day-to-day operations. The private equity business has offices based in New York, London, Tokyo and Milan and the London office is currently 8 people strong. The private equity has around 10 billion under assets and are rapidly growing. The business also offers a 9-5 working hours.

Salary & Benefits Salary is bench marked 60,000 to 100,000 on experience. Additionally, they also have amazing culture and work life balance and are very a much a 9-5 working culture. The business also has 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) private medical and lots of other great benefits and other amazing benefits

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Perm Industry Financial Services