Group Financial Accountant

About Our Client

Our client is a leading NFP healthcare provider, operating across various care settings within the UK. They offer a broad range of specialist care services, across a property portfolio with 60+ locations. Due to the scale and goals of the organisation, there is a need for financial acumen and agility in order to maintain, enhance and grow their portfolio in line with their mission.

Job Description

• Lead the statutory accounting and reporting for the organisation's consolidated accounts.
• Support the production of year-end management estimates, including but not limited to bad debt provision, impairment provision, and dilapidation's provision.
• Provide expert technical accounting guidance to the wider finance team.
• Be the finance lead in the external audit for the group consolidation.
• Lead the accounting requirements for acquisitions, including fair value exercises.
• Proactively seek to improve areas for both statutory reporting processes and the external audit, as well as internal processes.

The Successful Applicant

• A fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with a strong technical foundation in UK GAAP, including FRS102.
• Detail-oriented and analytical, ensuring accuracy and compliance in statutory reporting or consolidated accounts.
• A proactive problem-solver, able to provide expert accounting guidance and mentor the wider finance team.
• A confident communicator and collaborator, acting as the key finance lead for external audits and group consolidation.
• Commercially astute and strategic, with the ability to manage accounting requirements for acquisitions.
• A continuous improvement mindset, always looking for ways to enhance statutory reporting, audit processes, and internal financial operations.

What's on Offer

• £300 - £400 a day
• 6 month interim role
• Hybrid working - 2x days a week onsite