Senior Group Financial Accountant

The Opportunity

We’re partnering with a highly respected international group headquartered in the North East. With a strong global footprint, this is an organisation offering both impact and long‑term opportunity. 

As Senior Group Financial Accountant, you’ll play a pivotal role within the central finance team, acting as a key technical specialist and support to the Head of Financial Control & Compliance. This is a broad, influential position with exposure to senior finance leadership, external auditors, advisors, and multiple international entities. You’ll take ownership of statutory reporting, group consolidations, technical accounting, and internal controls - while also contributing to transformation projects, process improvements, and ongoing enhancements of the group’s financial framework.

Key Responsibilities

Group Reporting & Statutory Accounting

• Lead the preparation of group consolidations, statutory accounts and entity-level reporting under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant statutory filings across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support shareholder and lender reporting in line with established timetables.

• Act as the day-to-day lead for external audits, coordinating information flows and driving efficient audit completion.
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations and maintain robust internal controls.
• Support regulatory reporting requirements and the ongoing development of group finance policies.

• Support group tax compliance through liaison with external advisors.
• Assist with transfer pricing, intercompany reporting and treasury-related activities including FX reporting and covenant monitoring.
• Contribute to pension reporting and governance as required.

• Drive improvements and automation across reporting, close processes and controls.
• Play a key role in finance transformation projects, including ERP implementation and system upgrades.
• Identify and deliver opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and data quality.

• Act as a technical point of contact for finance colleagues and wider business stakeholders.
• Support senior finance leadership with high-quality analysis, ad hoc projects and cross-functional initiatives.
• Coach and review the work of more junior team members.

About You

We’re looking for a technically strong, ambitious finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.
You will bring:

• ACA / ACCA qualification (or equivalent).
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience in statutory reporting, group consolidation and multi-entity environments.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, audit processes and compliance frameworks.
• Exposure to tax, treasury or intercompany accounting.
• Experience contributing to finance transformation or systems change projects.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
• A proactive, detail-focused and collaborative approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.