Location
Remote / London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary offered

About the Role
GAIN is a creative-led, insight-driven company blending data, technology, and creativity to deliver bold strategies that move people, brands, and businesses forward. We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Financial Accountant to join our finance team. You will take ownership of the group monthly consolidation process, oversee financial controls, support group liquidity management, and ensure statutory compliance. This role bridges technical accounting with forward-thinking finance, offering the opportunity to lead systems optimisation, manage transactional workflows, and drive automation across our corporate structure. You will manage financial control and compliance effectively and timely, liaising with Senior Stakeholders including the CFO and Finance Business Partners.

Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Reporting and Group Consolidation: Lead monthly consolidation, oversee month-end close, perform variance analysis, and manage geographic entity reporting and transfer pricing.
2. Corporate Accounting: Manage accounting for holding and corporate entities, handle legal entity changes and restructurings, and lead technical reporting updates under FRS 102.
3. Cash Management & Treasury: Develop rolling cash flow forecasts, monitor daily cash positions, optimise working capital, and manage internal funding.
4. Systems, Process Optimisation & Automation: Act as Sage Intacct super-user, modernise AP processes, improve AR and billing efficiency, and implement AI-driven process improvements.
5. Financial Governance & Control: Review balance sheet reconciliations, design and implement internal financial controls.
6. Taxation, Audit & Compliance: Manage group tax compliance, statutory filings, audit processes, and relationships with external advisors globally.
7. Payroll & Payroll Accounting: Oversee global payroll operations, ensure international tax and social security compliance, and coordinate payroll funding with cash forecasting.

Qualifications
Fully ACA or ACCA qualified.

Experience
- Strong understanding of UK GAAP and technical accounting.
- Extensive experience with monthly consolidation processes.
- Proven financial control and compliance expertise.
- Experience managing multi-entity accounting and group reporting.
- Familiarity with FRS 102 and lease accounting transitions.
- Exposure to treasury, cash flow forecasting, and liquidity management.
- Experience with payroll accounting and international compliance.

Skills
- AI & Automation: Ability to leverage AI tools and financial automation platforms to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
- Communication: Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Time Management: Ability to multi-task, prioritise, and meet deadlines.
- Team Working: Collaborate effectively to achieve common goals.
- Attention to Detail: Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
- Organisation: Manage workload and organise work streams efficiently.
- Excel: Strong Excel skills including VLookup and Pivot Tables.
- Commercial Acumen: Understand commercial aspects of financial data.
- Problem Solving: Work independently to resolve challenges.
- Analytical: Summarise and interpret large volumes of data.
- Risk Awareness: Understand financial and operational risk factors.

About You
You are a proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment. You embrace Rebel Thinking by questioning assumptions and exploring smarter ways forward. You make things happen by turning ambition into action, moving fast and learning quickly. You value collaboration, combining diverse expertise to solve complex problems and deliver impactful results.