Job Description

Job reference number 292806

Senior Financial Accountant - Chesterfield/London (Hybrid) - Permanent

\xe2\x80\x8bCompetitive salary
\xc2\xa34000 car allowance or \xc2\xa33500 cash equivalent

Single Person AXA Health Insurance

Annual bonus potential

Generous annual leave offering of 27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service

Full time

Permanent

This is a Hybrid Working role with a requirement to attend your closest geographical office, Chesterfield or London, on occasion.

We\'re currently innovating and transforming our business for the future, adapting towards a parcel delivery market, as well as taking environmental responsibility for our impact as a business. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

Do you have a qualification in Accountancy, and a keen analytical eye? Are you technically competent in IFRS, with the ability to work on own initiative or as part of a Team? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join our Team. Interested? More details and how to apply can be found below.

Reporting into the Financial Accounting and External Supporting Lead, you will assist in the production of accurate, and timely, year end and half year Group (consolidated) Financial Statements and Financial Statements for the subsidiaries and Regulated business.

This is a Hybrid Working role with a requirement to attend your closest geographical office, Chesterfield or London, on occasion.

About the Role
You will be a \'Key Stakeholder\' in provision of specific financial accounting information, both internally and externally. Alongside this, you\'ll be a crucial point of contact for technical accounting guidance across the business including any developments in new or revised standards.

Key tasks will include -

• Assist with the preparation of the Group Financial Statements and supporting notes in the HY and FY announcements. This includes ensuring that any new accounting standards/FRC guidance has been incorporated
• Assist with the preparation of the Financial Review for the HY and FY announcements
• Ensure that the IFRS 16 accounting is complete and accurate
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist the wider team with the preparation and review of the subsidiary company Financial Statements
• Provide accounting guidance/ accounting papers on any new transactions/new accounting standards

About you
To truly excel in this role, you\'ll possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:

Essential

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, preferably in a large organisation/plc
• Strong Excel skills (vlookups, pivots etc)
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, but still maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Good organisational skills, be able to manage and prioritise your own workload and work on your own initiative
• A team player but also capable of working on your own
• Strong interpersonal skills - you will need to be able to communicate complex accounting concepts to senior management
• Analytical and problem-solving capability

Desirable

• Recent (last 3 years) experience of working in one of the \'Big 4\' or a mid-tier Audit firm
• Knowledge of SAP, with an appetite to learn to use our Lease Accounting System and new tools such as Alteryx and Tableau
• A continuous improvement mindset - a desire to improve processes and make efficiencies

We don\'t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we\'d love to learn more about you.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Extra Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement of 27.5 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
• Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
• RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
• Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
• Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
• Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
• Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
• Free stamps at Christmas

*Available only to perm employees

Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don\'t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.

An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:

Next Steps

We don\'t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we\'d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:

Closing Date: Monday 3rd July 2023. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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