We’re looking for a Senior Group Financial Accountant to join our Group Financial Reporting team. In this leadership role, you’ll coordinate and manage the delivery of external regulatory reporting for the Aster Group, including VAT, NROSH, and annual financial reports. You’ll play a key part in ensuring compliance, supporting technical accounting matters, and driving process improvements, while developing and leading a high performing team.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact and further your career.
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Leading the preparation of statutory accounts for subsidiary companies and supporting the consolidation of group accounts.
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Acting as a key contact for external auditors, coordinating and managing audit requests ensuring timely, high quality responses.
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Coordinating and delivering regulatory reporting, including VAT returns, NROSH submissions, and other external returns.
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Liaising with tax advisers to ensure accurate and timely corporation tax computations.
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Supporting technical accounting matters and training the wider finance team on new developments.
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Driving continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
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Managing and developing a team of Financial Accountants and Assistant Financial Accountants, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
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Deputising for the Head of Financial Reporting and Analysis when required.
A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with at least five years post-qualification experience in financial or management accounting. You will have:
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Strong technical accounting expertise, including consolidation and statutory accounts.
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Experience of managing external audits and external reporting requirements.
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Solid knowledge of VAT and regulatory reporting, ideally within the housing sector.
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Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage with senior stakeholders and external advisers.
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Good attention to detail, with the ability to review work critically and constructively to ensure accuracy and compliance.
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A proactive mindset with the ability to manage complex workloads and deliver to tight deadlines.
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Proven leadership skills with experience mentoring and developing people.
This is a hybrid role, enabling you to base yourself from home. There is a requirement to attend the office on a regular basis, so you will be suitably located for the role.
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
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Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
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A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
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We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
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Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
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Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
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Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
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Enhanced leave
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We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
If you'd like any support please contact the Recruitment Team on [email protected].
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