Finance Analyst

NXTGEN is supporting a leading organisation in the search for an Finance Analyst to join their team based in Peterborough. This Assistant Financial Accountant role will play a key part in supporting the financial compliance and reporting processes for a large, multi-entity group, including work across Financial Statements, SOX Compliance, and Group Reporting.

The successful candidate will join a high-performing finance function that operates as one collaborative team across multiple sites, and will benefit from excellent on-the-job development. We are ideally looking for someone who is immediately available or on a short notice period.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with the preparation of statutory Financial Statements

• Supporting external audit processes by fulfilling audit requests

• Performing SOX control testing and maintaining accounting policies and controls

• Supporting quarterly group reporting, including financial pack uploads

• Completing and owning monthly balance sheet reconciliations

• Preparing and posting monthly cashbooks to the general ledger

The ideal candidate will be actively studying AAT or ACCA, with strong attention to detail and a desire to grow within a technical accounting role. You''ll be confident working with Excel and financial systems and bring a proactive, problem-solving approach to your work. A strong team player, you''ll be comfortable building positive relationships across the wider finance function and have the drive and enthusiasm to take ownership of key tasks.

Salary: -28,000 - -32,000 depending on experience