Financial Accountant

Are you a newly qualified accountant ready to step into a high-profile financial accountant role? Do you want to work for a business where your work directly influences key financial decisions? Are you seeking genuine career progression, with the chance to learn, grow, and develop within a collaborative, high-performing finance team?

We are thrilled to be supporting with the recruitment of a well-established and respected financial services business based in Solihull. They are offering a dynamic working environment, strong mentoring, and access to complex and varied financial reporting tasks. This role is ideally suited to candidates making their first move from practice and it offers real breadth and development potential for ambitious finance professionals. As Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in producing accurate and timely accounts for multiple UK entities, ensuring full compliance with group policies, regulatory requirements, and statutory standards. You'll also support the coordination of group consolidation reporting and work closely with stakeholders across finance, audit, and external advisors.

This role comes with an annual salary of up to £55,000.00.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of statutory and management accounts for all UK entities in line with group and regulatory requirements

• Submission of monthly and quarterly financial information to Group for consolidation, including coordination with other finance teams

• Preparation of controls evidence and reporting in relevant control systems

• Support the completion of regulatory returns and compliance reporting

• Conduct balance sheet reconciliations and ensure compliance with internal policies

• Ensure correct accounting for projects, capital expenditure, and intangibles

• Maintain and support finance systems in collaboration with system analysts

• Build strong relationships with internal departments, auditors, and external advisors

• Ensure compliance with HMRC tax requirements and support tax submissions

• Support wider finance transformation projects and continuous improvement initiatives

Candidate Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• ACA/ACCA qualified

• Experience within financial services or auditing financial services clients

• Strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS and UK GAAP)

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities to meet tight deadlines

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across departments

• Strong Excel and data analysis skills

• Experience with audit processes and regulatory reporting is highly desirable

Benefits Include:

• Annual salary up to £55,000

• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10%

• Comprehensive benefits package

• Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days from home)

• Career development and progression within a leading financial services business

If you're looking to develop your accounting career within a dynamic, regulated environment that offers variety, progression, and strong team culture, we want to hear from you.

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