Financial Accountant

“Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”  Albert Einstein. 

Sheridan Maine is partnering with a forward-thinking organisation based near Gloucester, currently seeking a technically strong Financial Accountant to join their growing team. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to take ownership of the month-end process and drive improvements across financial operations.
 
This hands-on role is well-suited to someone with a solid technical background, ideally with experience in audit or month-end reporting, who enjoys collaborating across departments and contributing to ongoing process optimisation.
 
Responsibilities of the Financial Accountant will include:

• Lead the month-end close process, including journal entries, reconciliations, and documentation (revenue, prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, inventory).
• Deliver monthly management reporting with insightful variance analysis and commentary.
• Ensure balance sheet integrity through accurate reconciliations and intercompany alignment.
• Apply appropriate revenue recognition under IFRS 15 and UK GAAP.
• Oversee inventory accounting and coordinate quarterly stock counts.
• Reconcile key control accounts (e.g., payroll, VAT, receivables/payables).
• Manage VAT, PAYE, and NI submissions, ensuring compliance with all statutory deadlines.
• Assist in preparing year-end statutory accounts and support external audits.
• Collaborate with tax advisors on R&D tax relief, grants, and corporation tax filings.
• Maintain a compliance calendar to monitor all financial deadlines and obligations.
• Support half-year and year-end group reporting and consolidation activities.
• Partner with global finance teams to ensure alignment on reporting and timelines.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning cycles.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts and working capital reports for strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to allocate project costs and overheads accurately.
• Enhance financial systems (currently Odoo and Excel) and drive automation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve the month-end and reporting processes.
• Act as a key liaison for internal stakeholders seeking financial insight and support.

 
The successful Financial Accountant:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.
• Part-qualified or newly qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• At least 2 years’ experience in a finance role with end-to-end month-end responsibility.
• Ideally trained in audit, with strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS.

 
What’s on Offer:

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week from home.
• Study support available (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• On-site parking.
• Varied, hands-on role within a collaborative and supportive organisation.

 
If you’re looking to join a collaborative and evolving business where you can grow your career while supporting strategic finance initiatives, we’d love to hear from you. Please click “apply” to submit your application. Applicants must have full eligibility to work in the UK.
 
Due to the high volume of applications, it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.