Senior Financial Accountant | BGBS |12|month FTC|

Job description
Are you an experienced Chartered Accountant looking for a role where you can lead, innovate, and drive efficiency? Do you excel in financial reporting and enjoy working on key strategic projects? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to spearhead our monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting obligations for BGBS Customers. In this critical role, you will lead strategic projects with the support of the General Accounting Manager and Head of General Accounting, utilising your expertise to enhance our financial processes and ensure robust reporting.

Key Responsibilities:
• Take ownership of the monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting requirements, including journal postings in SAP with minimal support.
• Assist in the preparation, filing, and completion of local Statutory Accounts and group reporting. Prepare financial statements in Caseware where appropriate.
• Perform reconciliations of debtor/creditor balances and profit and loss intercompany trading for simple entities.
• Produce and investigate balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Provide timely information and responses to Bertelsmann group's tax consultants and auditors during half-year and year-end audits.
• Ensure the correct application of group accounting policies and maintain strong controls, compliance, and governance.
• Lead strategic projects, such as the implementation of new systems, to enhance our financial processes.
• Depending on the team structure, manage and develop junior team members, potentially line managing one to two individuals.

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:
• Qualified Chartered Accountant with one of the UK CCAB chartered professional bodies, including CIMA.
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Proficiency in IT systems, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Strong understanding of key accounting concepts and general reporting requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to work independently.
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Problem-solving abilities and the capacity to multi-task and prioritise effectively.

Why Join Us?

At our company, we value innovation, collaboration, and the continuous development of our team members. You will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on our financial processes while working in an inclusive and supportive environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, along with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

If you are a proactive and experienced financial professional looking to lead and inspire a team, we invite you to apply for the Senior Financial Accountant position. Join us in our mission to achieve excellence in financial reporting and drive our organisation forward.

How to apply: Please apply with your CV and cover letter by 23:5+ on Sunday 6th October.

Salary: Up to £53,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus benefits.

Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance

Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks

Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working: While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we currently expect that you will attend the office, based in Colchester, 2 days a week.

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.