UK Financial Accountant

Main role purpose:

The post holder provides a financial accounting service to in scope UK legal entities, ensuring that externally and internally reported financial information is timely, accurate, meets the needs of external and internal stakeholders and adheres to accounting standards and fiscal regulations. 

Key responsibilities & accountabilties:

• Prepare the annual statutory accounts and act as a key point of contact for the annual external audit process.
• Prepare monthly input files for INOVYN's financial reporting system (HFM) ensuring agreement with management reporting submissions.
• Manage the data collation process and prepare the annual corporation tax data files, ensuring agreement with statutory accounts for submission to tax agents; respond to queries to ensure understanding and completeness of information.
• Prepare and arrange approval and settlement of the annual PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) return and act as the key internal and external contact for associated queries.
• Control and maintain the fixed asset ledger, inclusive of IFRS 16 leased assets and associated general ledger accounts to ensure all assets are correctly identified, valued and reported.

Key skills & experience required:

• Professionally qualified accountant (preferably ACA/ACCA), with a minimum of 2 - 3 years post-qualification experience. 
• Proficient in understanding and implementing accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
• Good understanding of corporation tax rules and regulations as well as PAYE Settlement Agreements.
• Able to work efficiently and accurately ensuring that both tight deadlines and high standards are met.
• Able to think analytically to review, challenge and improve the financial reporting and tax reporting procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, as the role has regular contact with external finance professionals.