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If you’re an experienced finance professional who enjoys technical accounting, strengthening controls, improving processes, and influencing business decisions—and you’re looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact beyond producing reports—this could be your next move.
This is an opportunity to join Boots Hearingcare as a Financial Accountant, supporting the financial integrity, compliance, and reporting requirements across our UK and Republic of Ireland operations. You’ll play a key role in month-end activities, statutory reporting, tax compliance, technical accounting, and continuous improvement initiatives, backed by the stability, investment, and innovation of Boots Hearingcare and Sonova.
The environment
You’ll join a collaborative Finance team with exposure to senior stakeholders, Group Finance functions, and cross-functional projects, working within a business focused on growth, transformation, and continuous improvement.
The role offers:
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements available. The successful candidate will be expected to travel to our Llandudno Head Office as required.
- Exposure to technical accounting, tax, and statutory reporting activities.
- Opportunity to influence financial controls, processes, and automation initiatives.
- Involvement in finance transformation and continuous improvement projects.
- Cross-functional collaboration with Group Finance, Tax, Treasury, and wider business teams.
- Exposure to acquisitions, integration projects, and strategic business initiatives.
- Supportive leadership and development opportunities.
This role is about ownership and impact, not simply maintaining the status quo.
The role
As a Financial Accountant, you’ll:
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- Lead key areas of the month-end close process, ensuring accurate journals and reconciliations.
- Prepare technical accounting journals including accruals, prepayments, tax adjustments, and provisions.
- Produce high-quality financial reporting and insight for senior stakeholders.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and provide constructive challenge to support better decisions.
- Maintain strong balance sheet control through reconciliations, substantiation, and documentation.
- Support the monthly reforecast and annual budget processes.
- Prepare and submit UK and ROI VAT returns, supporting tax compliance activities.
- Prepare annual statutory accounts in line with relevant accounting standards (IFRS & FRS 102).
- Support year-end audits, liaising with external auditors and resolving technical accounting queries.
- Ensure compliance with statutory filing deadlines and regulatory requirements.
- Support corporation tax processes, tax provisioning, and related reporting requirements.
- Provide technical guidance and financial support to non-finance colleagues.
- Identify opportunities to improve controls, reporting processes, and automation.
- Support finance transformation initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
- Contribute to acquisition activity, financial due diligence, and integration processes where required.
You’ll be trusted to challenge constructively, improve processes, and help shape financial best practice.
Progression & development
This role is ideal for someone looking to broaden their technical and commercial exposure within a growing international organisation.
Progression opportunities may include:
- Senior Financial Accountant responsibilities.
- Finance Business Partner pathways.
- Leadership opportunities within Finance.
- Involvement in transformation and strategic projects.
- Exposure to wider Sonova Group development opportunities.
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You’ll also benefit from:
- Ongoing professional development.
- Exposure to business-wide projects and change initiatives.
- Opportunities to influence systems, controls, and operational performance.
- Experience working within an international organisation.
What’s in it for you
- Competitive salary.
- Hybrid working.
- 25–30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Boots Discount Card.
- Free hearing aids (if required as an employee).
- Free flu vaccination (discounted for family members).
- Pension scheme & life assurance.
- Flexible Benefits Box – tailor your package.
- Long service awards recognizing your contribution.
- Supportive working culture with development opportunities.
What we’re looking for
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
- Strong experience within financial accounting, statutory reporting, and tax.
- Comfortable owning month-end processes and reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Experience supporting audits and maintaining strong financial controls.
- Advanced Excel capability, experience using Power Query for data transformation, automation, and reporting would be highly advantageous.
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience identifying efficiencies, automation opportunities, and process improvements.
- Ability to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders effectively.
- Positive, proactive mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
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