Exciting opportunity to join the UK's leading toy retailer in Buckinghamshire as their Financial Accountant.  Working in a fast paced finance team as the Financial Accountant you will report into the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for delivering accurate, timely and financial data for the business.

The role requires a confident, ambitious, forward thinking and hands-on individual who is adept at financial reporting and analysis and takes pride in their work.

You will need to be proactive, with great attention to detail to ensure the Group companies meets all compliance and reporting requirements.

You must have a minimum of 3 years experience working within an accountancy practice/firm, fully qualified accountant within the UK  (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).  

Responsibilities

• Ownership of balance sheet for all entities, ensuring reconciliations are current and accurate for Group reporting.
• Produce accurate monthly consolidated Group accounts to tight deadline.
• Take ownership of smaller entities’ monthly management accounts.
• Ensuring Intercompany balances reconcile and up to date.
• Produce monthly bank reporting, quarterly covenant testing with commentary.
• Ownership of cashflow budget, ensuring weekly cashflow tool is updated for latest forecast information, and reviewing variances.
• Overseeing bank account controls, reviewing efficiencies and updating processes.
• Producing the group VAT return and producing all foreign VAT return for review.
• Produce and forecast quarterly banking covenants to ensure compliance.
• Production of internal audit controls and continuous review and improvements.
• Assisting with annual audit and statutory accounts production.
• Document accounting treatment across the group.
• Provide cover and support for weekly cashflow production, FX requirements, and group cashflow management.

Essential skills/qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience working with group consolidations, accounts preparation and audit in practice 
• Experience with communicating financial information to non-finance colleagues.
• Familiar with accounting packages ideally Unit 4 or similar.
• Intermediate experience of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and over the telephone with individuals and with a wide variety of organisations and audiences.
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise tasks, handle pressure and support finance team.