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Job Title: Qualified Accountant
The Skills You'll Need: ACA, ACCA, CPA
Your New Salary: Up to £47 per hour
Location: London
Agency temp (PAYE)
9 months temporary
Hybrid
Start: August 2026
Working hours: 37.5 hours
Qualified Accountant - What You'll be Doing:
- Prepare and submit the monthly management reporting package, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to group reporting requirements.
- Prepare statutory financial statements for UK legal entities in accordance with FRS 102 and relevant UK statutory reporting requirements.
- Lead the year-end statutory audit process, acting as the primary finance counterpart to external auditors. Proactively manage audit activities, provide well-supported technical accounting positions, and engage in constructive discussions with auditors to resolve complex accounting and reporting matters.
- Maintain and govern SAP ERP finance master data, ensuring strong internal controls, data integrity, and compliance with corporate governance standards.
- Perform financial analysis of company balance sheet and profit & loss statements, identifying key trends, explaining business performance, and providing insights to support management decision-making.
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Qualified Accountant - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) with strong technical accounting knowledge.
- Significant experience in financial accounting within a multinational environment, including preparation of statutory financial statements under FRS 102.
- Proven experience managing external audits, with the confidence to discuss technical accounting matters with auditors.
- Hands-on experience with SAP ERP. Experience in finance master data governance is an advantage.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial results and provide meaningful insights.
We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.
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