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Overview
An exciting opportunity for an aspiring accountant to join a growing finance team, supporting financial reporting, regulatory reporting, statutory accounts, tax compliance, and audit processes. This role offers excellent exposure to technical accounting, regulatory reporting, and finance projects within a regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with internal management reporting and external regulatory reporting requirements.
- Support the preparation and timely filing of statutory accounts across multiple legal entities, including dormant and non-consolidating entities.
- Liaise with external auditors and assist with audit requests, data gathering, and supporting documentation.
- Prepare corporation tax information for external tax advisers.
- Assist with the preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns.
- Support the production of monthly and quarterly regulatory reporting.
- Keep up to date with developments in IFRS, regulatory requirements, and legislative changes, supporting the implementation of new accounting standards where required.
- Assist with company liquidation processes, including final accounts preparation, tax filings, stakeholder liaison, and entity closure activities.
- Support a range of ad hoc finance tasks and projects.
- Contribute to wider business projects requiring finance input and analysis.
- Assist senior members of the finance team with internal and external stakeholder matters.
- Develop technical accounting knowledge and support the drafting of accounting papers and technical memos.
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Governance & Controls
- Ensure adherence to internal finance policies and governance frameworks.
- Support the enhancement of financial controls in response to audit findings, regulatory changes, business growth, and process improvements.
- Contribute to maintaining a robust and compliant control environment.
Candidate Profile
Essential
- Studying towards a recognised accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA).
- Minimum of 1 year's accounting or finance experience.
- Good understanding of IFRS and financial reporting principles.
- Basic knowledge of corporation tax and VAT compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Able to work collaboratively as part of a team whilst also taking ownership of responsibilities independently.
- Quick learner with the ability to apply knowledge across different areas of finance.
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Desirable
- Experience within a regulated financial services environment.
- Exposure to statutory accounts preparation and external audit processes.
- Understanding of mortgage, lending, or financial services accounting.
- Interest in emerging technologies and AI applications within finance.
What's on Offer
- Broad exposure to financial reporting, audit, tax, and regulatory reporting.
- Strong technical accounting development.
- Support towards a professional accounting qualification.
- Opportunity to work within a regulated and growing business.
- Involvement in finance transformation and business improvement projects.
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