Financial Accountant – Technical Accounting & Reporting

Financial Accountant – Technical Accounting & Reporting

Altrincham, WA14 5UW
– hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days home after an initial office-based onboarding period)

Altrincham, WA14 5UW
– hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days home after an initial office-based onboarding period)

Job Type:

Full-time, Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00

Start Date:

ASAP (flexible and open to longer notice periods)

Our mission is to be the country’s favourite conveyancer but more importantly we aim to be the country’s employer of choice. We take great pride in the culture we have created at PLS, and we want our employees to love coming to work. We care about our people; their personal development and we encourage everybody to be an individual. This is why PLS is already such a great place to work but we want to do more, offer more and be an even greater place to work.

PLS is continuing to grow, our group structure is evolving and the Finance function is developing alongside the wider business. You’ll be joining at a point where there is plenty to get stuck into and a real opportunity to help shape and strengthen the technical accounting and reporting side of the function as we continue to develop.

We’re looking for a Financial Accountant to join our growing Finance team in a newly shaped role, to bridge the gap between the day-to-day management accounts function and the Finance Director.

Reporting into the FD, you’ll take on the technical accounting work that currently sits with them: statutory reporting, the external audit, group accounting and consolidation, and tax and VAT compliance in a regulated legal environment. You’ll also play an important role in the wider management reporting process, reviewing the numbers produced by the team, handling more complex or judgement-based areas, contributing to board packs and senior-level reporting.

This is a hands‑on, delivery‑focused role. Month‑end production is already covered by an established team, so you are not being brought in to supervise the monthly cycle. We’re looking for someone who can review, challenge and add value at a higher level, bringing dedicated qualified expertise to an area of the finance function that is ready to grow.

Successful applicants will be contacted from the 23rd September.

• Prepare the annual statutory accounts under FRS 102 and lead the day‑to‑day relationship with the external auditors.
• Maintain audit working papers on a continuous basis through the year rather than reconstructing them at year end.
• Form, research and document technical accounting judgements – revenue recognition, work in progress valuation, lease accounting under the revised Section 20, provisions and accruals.
• Prepare corporation tax computations and manage the relationship with external tax advisers.
• Own VAT compliance, including the partial exemption calculation and its annual adjustment.
• Support compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules, including client account reporting and the annual Accountant's Report.
• Maintain the control framework over client money in conjunction with the cashiering team.
• Review the monthly balance sheet, including the fixed asset register, accruals and prepayments, and the cashiering‑to‑ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare the technical elements of the close – provisions, WIP valuation and any judgemental adjustments – and pick up hands‑on production work where the team needs it.
• Contribute to documenting and improving the close process as the function scales.
• Own intercompany accounting and reconciliation across the group's entities and prepare the group consolidation.
• Support external due diligence and funder reporting requirements, working alongside the firm's advisers.

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
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