Financial Accountant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Grove, Wantage
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Finance
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Month end close process Inventory accounting Balance sheet reconciliation Technical accounting Microsoft Dynamics (ERP) Financial accounting Process Improvement Excel

FULL DESCRIPTION

This role offers the opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping how we operate — partnering with finance and business stakeholders to deliver meaningful insights, streamline processes, and build a strong foundation for world-class financial reporting and analysis.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Manage the month end close process for your assigned business areas ensuring journals are completed in a technically accurate and timely manner and reconciliations are maintained to a high standard.
  • Lead inventory accounting as well as a number of additional areas across the business.
  • Manage and reconcile balance sheet accounts, resolving reconciling items and delivering improvements to the auditability of the schedules.
  • Review contract documentation to ensure correct accounting treatment and prepare technical accounting papers.
  • Support the annual statutory and cost cap audits.
  • Collaborate to develop the Microsoft Dynamics (ERP) to maximise automation and support accurate financial accounting.
  • Contribute to ongoing finance transformation projects helping to build best in class finance systems and processes.

Qualifications

  • Qualified Accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified with post qualified experience
  • Manufacturing Environment Experience: Experience with inventory accounting is required (ideally in a manufacturing environment).
  • Accounting Principles: Solid understanding required.
  • Process Improvement: Proven ability to manage and improve financial processes.
  • Skills: Problem-solving, analytical mindset, attention to detail, strong communication skills, robust Excel skills, experience with PowerBI and D365 beneficial.
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