Financial Accountant

Are you a newly qualified accountant considering your first move from practice into commerce and industry? Rutherford Briant is recruiting a Financial Accountant for a major international organisation in Ipswich. This is an excellent opportunity to take the technical knowledge you have developed in practice and apply it within a complex, commercially focused business. You will join an experienced technical accounting and statutory reporting team responsible for a number of UK entities. Rather than moving into a narrow reporting role, you will gain exposure across statutory accounts, technical accounting, audit, financial controls and different areas of the wider finance function. It should particularly appeal to someone who enjoys the technical side of accounting but now wants to work inside a business, build relationships beyond finance and see how accounting decisions are applied in practice. What will you be doing? Working closely with the Financial Reporting Team you will: Help prepare statutory accounts under UK GAAP and IFRS Work with external auditors to achieve clearance within agreed timescales Research new and emerging accounting matters and help determine the appropriate treatment Prepare technical accounting papers covering key audit and reporting topics Provide clear technical guidance to colleagues across finance and the wider business Review balance sheet reconciliations and support the development of strong financial controls Build relationships across a ..... full job details .....