Financial Accountant

Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 60k/year - 65k/year

Financial Accountant

Full-Time | Fully On-Site | Newly Qualified ACA

We Do Group are partnering with a growing business to recruit a Financial Accountant into their finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified ACA, ideally making their first move from practice into industry, who wants a role that offers much more than traditional financial reporting.

Working closely with the Financial Controller and wider leadership team, you’ll take ownership of key areas of the month-end process while gaining exposure to commercial analysis, forecasting, systems development, process improvement and senior stakeholder engagement.

The business is looking for someone ambitious, hands-on and technically strong who wants to develop their commercial skillset alongside a solid financial accounting foundation.

What will you be doing?

• Preparing and posting month-end journals, with a focus on delivering an efficient month-end close.
• Managing fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules.
• Preparing monthly accruals and prepayments.
• Reviewing and reconciling key balance sheet accounts.
• Managing monthly intercompany/interdivisional cross-charges and resolving associated queries.
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and supporting schedules.
• Taking ownership of quarterly royalty reporting.
• Supporting the Financial Controller with month-end reporting.
• Assisting with annual corporation tax computations and audit preparation.
• Preparing audit schedules and responding to auditor queries.
• Meeting with senior leadership to review and forecast spend.
• Providing commercial analysis, including measuring the effectiveness of marketing initiatives.
• Identifying opportunities for cost reduction and improvements in financial performance.
• Supporting the development and improvement of financial systems, including hands-on involvement with Oracle.
• Supporting weekly payment runs.
• Monitoring customer credit and payment terms to help manage financial risk.
• Sharing knowledge and best practice with the Credit Controller and Accounts Assistant to improve the wider team’s effectiveness.

What are we looking for?

• Newly qualified ACA with a practice-trained background.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of internal controls.
• A desire to make the move into industry and develop broader commercial finance experience.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with accounting systems.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A structured and methodical approach to your work.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the business.
• Proactive, ambitious and keen to take on new challenges.



Why this role?

This is a great opportunity to use the technical grounding you’ve developed in practice while building a much broader skillset within industry.

You’ll work closely with the Financial Controller, gain exposure to senior leadership and have the opportunity to influence reporting, forecasting, commercial decision-making, systems and process improvements.

If you’re a newly qualified ACA looking for a hands-on first move into industry where you can continue developing quickly, we’d love to hear from you.