Location
Gloucester, Gloucestershire | United Kingdom
Job description
Robert Half is partnered with an innovative and fast-growing provider of Education and Care, to support the recruitment of their new Financial Accountant on a permanent contract.
Why Join Our Client?
This is an opportunity to join an organisation which is committed to creating a supportive environment, empowering individuals to lead meaningful and independent lives. Since being established 10 years ago, the business has grown to become a prominent provider in the UK, specialising in delivering best in class education, care, and support services tailored to individuals with special educational needs and disabilities. Spanning across a wide range of innovative educational institutions, learning hubs, and residential facilities, our client is dedicated to marrying expert advice and research to seasoned professionals who possess a passion for making a difference. The collaborative efforts of the business aim to enable each individual to explore and develop their talents, skills, and abilities, ensuring a holistic approach to personal and professional growth.
The business is still relatively young, and so is incredibly open-minded when it comes to new ideas and ways of working. Our client has fostered an environment which embraces change and is therefore seeking candidates who have demonstrated a proactive working style, are results-driven and can troubleshoot and think "outside of the box" to make recommendations and improvements to processes.
About The Role…
This is a varied opportunity with great exposure to financial accounting and ad hoc project and systems work, reporting directly into the Financial Controller and having responsibility for:
- Partnering with various stakeholders across the multiple UK sites within the business
- Being the first point of contact for system queries and taking a collaborative approach to the mentorship and upskilling of non-Finance colleagues
- Setting up and training new users onto the system
- Leading on system process improvements and future developments
- Maintaining coding structures across all systems to ensure that the financials are accurately recorded and analytical data requirements are fit for purpose
- Preparation of the year end statutory accounts for all legal entities
- Preparation of monetary balance sheet reconciliations
- Managing the cash card process and system
- Maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
- Ensuring Capex is appropriately coded and accounted for
- Liaising with the Financial Controller with tax advisors and external auditors
- Assisting with VAT submissions for group
- Managing, maintaining and improving the accounting system
- Supporting the implementation of stronger controls and processes
About You…
- Finalist or fully qualified accountant or Qualified by experience with 2 years' experience in similar functions
- A proven and demonstrable record of experience in statutory and management accounts
- Desire to show initiative and continuous improvement of current processes and procedures
- Strong IT skills with an advanced knowledge of Excel
- Strong accuracy skills with high attention to detail, whilst having the ability to see the bigger picture
- Strong communication skills for dealing with a wider variety of stakeholders and systems users with system and financial accounting issues
- Credibility and confidence to work with senior managers across the organisation
- Able to cope under pressured deadlines
- Assertive and able to take ownership for tasks
- Able to challenge and not accept the status quo
What's On Offer?
- Circa £50,000 Basic Salary (DOE)
- Flexible home working model - once per week office working
- Competitive Pension
- Health Assurance
- Car Leasing Scheme
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Salary
£45k - £52k per annum
