SCC
FInancial Accountant
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Role: Financial Accountant
Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Package: 53k - 58k plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
An inclusive workplace Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements Career development and life-long learning opportunities Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role purpose: The Financial Accountant plays a crucial role in delivering accurate, timely financial reporting while maintaining a strong financial control environment. This role leads key month‑end and year‑end activities, manages statutory reporting requirements, and ensures the integrity of the balance sheet through rigorous balance sheet reconciliations and consistent adherence to internal controls. It is well-suited to individuals who enjoy problem-solving, driving process improvements, and working collaboratively with colleagues across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Financial accounting and reporting Monthly accounting activities: Contribute to monthly accounting tasks, including preparing journal entries and maintaining accurate financial records. Month-end and year-end close: Support close processes by preparing journals, reconciling key accounts, analysing variances, and ensuring all deadlines are met. Compliance with FRS 102: Ensure all financial activities comply with FRS 102 and internal accounting policies. Year-end support: Assist with year-end close activities. Statutory reporting: Support the preparation of statutory financial statements and liaise with external auditors during the audit process. Balance sheet and controls Balance sheet ownership: Take ownership of key balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accounts are fully reconciled, substantiated and risks or opportunities are identified early. Intercompany reconciliations: Lead on intercompany reconciliations and group reporting submissions, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of differences. Balance sheet integrity: Monitor the balance sheet by reviewing key accounts and analysing movements. Business support and collaboration Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with the wider finance team and operational teams to share financial accounting knowledge, drive process improvements and provide insight that supports decision-making. Budgeting and forecasting: Support budgeting and forecasting cycles as required. Process improvement and systems Process optimisation: Identify opportunities to streamline processes and drive automation. Financial controls: Monitor and strengthen financial controls across key processes, ensuring compliance and reducing risk. Continuous improvement: Contribute to ad-hoc tasks and ongoing continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.
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Skills And Experience
Fully ACA or ACCA qualified. Experience in financial accounting, management and reconciliations of balance sheets, preparation of statutory accounts is desirable. Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial reporting standards Ability to design and improve processes Takes ownership and delivers high-quality outputs consistently Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Strong communication skills with ability to convey financial information clearly to diverse stakeholders. Adaptable, proactive and solutions focused Take initiative in process improvements Work collaboratively in a dynamic environment Experience with D365 ERP system Skills in data tools (Power BI etc.)
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About Us
SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.
We are an equal opportunities employer
SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.
If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.
Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/
Sustainability at SCC - https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/
Life at SCC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life
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