Financial Accountant (12Month FTC)

Financial Accountant (Fixed-Term Contract)

Liverpool Competitive Salary | Full-Time

A well-established UK consumer-focused business is looking to appoint a Financial Accountant on a fixed-term basis to support the finance function through a key reporting and controls period.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant to take ownership of group balance sheet oversight, statutory reporting and financial controls within a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Key responsibilities: • Oversight and review of the group balance sheet, ensuring strong controls and robust reporting

• Preparation and review of consolidated and individual statutory accounts


• Supporting quarterly and year-end reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP


• Acting as a key contact for auditors, managing audit queries and deliverables


• Preparing technical accounting papers for both internal stakeholders and external audit


• Ownership of capital asset accounting and review of capitalisation processes


• Leading on revenue recognition and supporting wider understanding of finance systems


• Driving improvements across balance sheet review processes and controls


• Reviewing month-end reconciliations and ensuring timely resolution of actions


• Supporting budgeting, financial risk reporting and wider finance transformation projects


• Producing reporting for senior leadership and board stakeholders

About you: • ACA / ACCA

• Background in audit, ideally Top 10 trained


• Strong technical accounting knowledge across IFRS and UK GAAP


• Experience with statutory reporting and consolidations


• Advanced Excel skills


• High attention to detail and strong presentation standards


• Able to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment


• Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships across finance and wider business teams


• Comfortable working independently while contributing to team objectives

This role would suit someone looking to join a dynamic and evolving business where they can add value across technical reporting, controls and process improvement.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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