Group Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant
Adlington, Lancashire

Salary up to £40,000 p.a.
12 month fixed term contract

The role
As a Group Financial Accountant you will take responsibility for all corporate financial reporting including: statutory financial statements, technical accounting papers, taxation returns, balance sheet control and investor presentation packs.

Your other responsibilities will include:
• Preparing Group Annual Report under IFRS.
• Preparing Group quarterly VAT returns.
• Managing the transactional finance team (both qualified and part-qualified accountants).
• Preparing and organising AGM.
• Reviewing of monthly management accounts and sign-off of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing subsidiary financial statements under UK GAAP.
• Preparing corporation tax computations for all Group companies.
• Managing close relationships with external partners, including auditors, tax advisors, solicitors, HMRC and bankers.
• Preparing technical papers to deal with new and newly relevant accounting standards.
• Managing Company Secretarial requirements, such as Annual Returns for all Group companies.

Requirements
• Qualified Chartered Accountant – CIMA or ACA.
• Ability to develop strong business relationships with senior members of the management team.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• High attention to detail, coupled with the ability to see the bigger picture.
• Experience in the analysis and presentation of financial information (both written and verbal).
• Strong accounting skills that cover profit and loss, balance sheet, cash and journal entries.
• Strong technical ability, covering new accounting standards and acquisition accounting.

Key competencies
• Making a difference.
• Working together.
• Working smarter.
• Doing the right thing.
• Needs based solutions.
• Empathy.
• Straightforward.
• Work out your problems.

About us
Established in 1997, Fairpoint Group is one of the UK's leading providers of consumer professional services including debt solutions and legal services. Our business is becoming increasingly diverse and now comprises of a debt solutions business trading as Debt Free Direct and Clearstart; money savings services through Moneyextra; a claims management business trading as Writefully Yours; and a legal services business, Simpson Millar.

Working at Fairpoint offers you the chance to work in a welcoming friendly environment, a fun, vibrant atmosphere, with teams of people who enjoy working together to make a difference. If this sounds like the sort of company you want to work for then we want to hear from you.

If you wish to be considered for this superb opportunity click ‘apply’. Please ensure that you account for all gaps in your employment and detail how you meet our criteria. You must be eligible to work in the UK.

People/skills that would be suitable for this role include: Group Financial Accountant, CIMA, ACA, Chartered Accountant, Financial Services, Accountancy, Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Finance,