Job Description

The Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a fully qualified Accountant with appropriate PQE. Candidates should have experience in a similar role, and ideally have experience of managing a team. It is essential that candidates have practical; experience of month end results production/oversight and analysis, forecasting/budgeting for divisions / business units and have experience of financial modelling of business scenarios. Candidates will require proven analytical capability and experience of developing insightful MI.

The Bits Our People Love:

• We have a genuine focus on health & wellbeing - With mental health awareness trained champions across the business driving a plethora of initiatives, we support and encourage our employees to bring their best selves to work.
• We invest in the development of our people - we have a progressive, customer focussed Learning & Development team working to support both your personal and professional development; helping you to shape your career pathway in a way that works for you (20% of our roles in 2019 were filled by internal promotions!).
• We care about charitable work and CSR in our communities - We have always got something going on, from Macmillan coffee mornings and children in need events to installing bee hotels and making food bank donations. We even give you an extra day off for volunteering and CSR work!
• We celebrate success with regular recognition - Whether it’s our annual conference celebration, awards for demonstrating our values/ length of service or a simple e-card; we believe in the power of saying thank you.
• We work with some fantastic people - We’re not even being biased, 93% of our employees say they have great relationships with the people they work with!

The Package:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) - who doesn’t love time off? As recognition of your loyalty, this will increase with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days
• Giving day - an extra day annual leave for you to give back to yourself, your community or support good causes
• Company pension scheme - we provide an enhanced pension scheme with generous employer contributions to set you up for later in life
• Healthcare scheme - your health matters to us so you’ll get access to an employee assistance programme, 24-hour online GP, gym discounts and the opportunity to claim back a variety of healthcare, dental, optical and wellbeing treatments/services. Your dependents under 18 in full time education will also be covered too!
• Life assurance - we will provide you with 3x your base salary for peace of mind
• Access to a rewards platform - you’ll be able to benefit from loads of great discounts and cashback opportunities to make your money go further!
• Enhanced family friendly leave - because family comes first. We offer an enhanced family friendly leave policy to allow you the time and financial peace of mind to enjoy your new arrival, regardless of your gender
• Cycle to work scheme - you’ll have the opportunity to purchase a shiny new bike and pay us back in instalments!
• Free fruit - we care about your health & wellbeing so grab a banana, apple or orange on us regardless of if you’re in Free parking on-site - no one wants to pay for parking so you can park on-site at any of our offices around the UK for free

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

We are looking for a fully qualified Accountant with appropriate PQE. Candidates should have experience in a similar role, and ideally have experience of managing a team. It is essential that candidates have practical; experience of month end results production/oversight and analysis, forecasting/budgeting for divisions / business units and have experience of financial modelling of business scenarios. Candidates will require proven analytical capability and experience of developing insightful MI.