Location
London Borough of Islington

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£59,459 per annum

About the Role
As a Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in maintaining a strong financial control environment across your designated group entities. Reporting into the Financial Accounting & Control team, you'll be responsible for preparing statutory accounts, coordinating interim and year-end audits, and ensuring regulatory reporting is delivered accurately and on time.

Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, you'll provide technical accounting expertise, support continuous improvements to financial reporting, and ensure robust financial governance. Your work will contribute directly to delivering high-quality financial services that support better outcomes for our residents.

Your key responsibilities will include:
- Preparing quarterly and annual statutory accounts for designated group entities, together with supporting schedules.
- Leading analytical reviews of financial statements to facilitate smooth interim and year-end audit processes.
- Maintaining and reconciling intercompany balances, investments, and borrowings, ensuring statutory accounting schedules remain accurate.
- Managing the delivery of assigned interim and final audits, working collaboratively with internal and external auditors.
- Supporting the preparation and submission of regulatory returns, including Financial Viability Assessments (FVA) and Companies House filings.
- Preparing monthly control account reconciliations to ensure a robust financial control framework.
- Producing quarterly financial health reporting, identifying key risks and providing assurance to management and the Audit & Risk Committee.
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the Financial Accounting & Control function.
- Partnering with Finance Business Partners and operational teams to ensure financial reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
- Contributing to departmental performance reporting, KPI monitoring, and the development of best practice across the team.

What's in it for you?
Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and more
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance at 4 times annual salary

Experience
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) with evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience preparing statutory accounts and delivering financial reporting within a complex organisation.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory financial returns and statutory filings, including Financial Viability Assessments (FVA) and Companies House submissions.
- Experience managing interim and year-end audit processes.
- Excellent technical accounting knowledge with the ability to provide expert advice across the organisation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across a range of stakeholders.
- A collaborative approach with a commitment to continuous improvement and delivering excellent customer service.

About you
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Qualifications
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) is essential.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- If not already qualified, willingness to study towards a professional qualification may be required.