Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting

About the role

As a Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting you will review corporate accounting deliverables to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with accounting standards. You will support the preparation of financial statements and related accounting activities when required, while primarily focusing on review and validation responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate complex client deadlines, ensuring timely delivery of accounting, reporting, and compliance requirements.
• Review bookkeeping, reconciliations, working schedules, working papers, tax and VAT computations, and financial statements to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Manage audit queries, liaise with auditors for complex clients, track and resolve review points, address cluster review comments, and complete required review checklists.
• Independently resolve complex technical accounting matters, monitor regulatory reporting deadlines, make decisions on escalated recommendations, and escalate issues to management when appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement by proposing initiatives that enhance client service and operational efficiency, develop subject‑matter expertise within your portfolio, and support additional business needs as required.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, or pursuing ACCA Level 3 or ACA, with at least 5 years of experience in corporate accounting.
• Strong expertise in corporate accounting, local statutory requirements, accounting standards, and group reporting; advanced skills in reviewing financial statements, reconciliations, and complex accounting processes.
• Ability to independently identify, track, and resolve review points and technical accounting issues, providing clear guidance and feedback to preparers.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and time‑management skills for effective collaboration with clients, auditors, and colleagues.
• Detail‑oriented, results‑driven, accountable, and committed to quality, compliance, continuous learning, process improvement, and delivering high‑quality outcomes.

Required skills

• Financial statement review
• Reconciliations
• Complex accounting processes

What we offer

• Comprehensive remuneration: motivating financial packages based upon market rates.
• Pension scheme with generous employer contribution and the ability to increase employee contributions.
• Annual leave: 22 days paid leave plus enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
• Flexible working: open to conversations about flexible working arrangements.
• Support and development: training, tools and a development plan to grow your skills.