Junior Financial Accountant

Job Title: Junior Financial Accountant

Location: Northampton Head Office

Hours of Work: Full Time

Overview

The role of Junior Financial Accountant is to assist with acquisition accounting, producing statutory accounts, as well as assisting with several statutory accounting and month end tasks. You will need to have excellent attention to detail and be able to work under pressure in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibility Areas

1. Assist with post completion activities for acquisitions, preparation for integration into finance and acquisition accounting.
2. Assist with the group audit process.
3. Prepare statutory accounts for entities within the group.
4. Provide support to external tax advisors where necessary.
5. Prepare all partnership tax returns for the group.
6. Work alongside the management accounts team to assist with financial reporting.
7. Keep on top of and improve the statutory reporting process, including confirmation statements and HMRC accounts.
8. Work alongside the finance team and other business areas to complete National Statistics Surveys.
9. Provide support to the wider financial control team where necessary.
10. Daily banking and bank reconciliations.

Ideal Candidate

1. Part qualified accountant (ACCA).
2. High attention to detail.
3. Highly driven.
4. Self-motivated.
5. Used to working in a cross-functional environment.
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both to financial and non-financial audiences.
7. Advanced Excel skills.
8. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.

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