Financial Reporting Accountant

Softcat plc; Marlow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Marlow is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to join their vibrant team. This role involves assisting in various accounting and reporting functions, ensuring accurate management accounts, and interfacing with auditors. The ideal candidate will have an ACA/ACCA qualification, strong analytical skills, and a proactive mindset. The company promotes hybrid working and offers a competitive salary and benefits package, making it a great place to advance your career.

Benefits

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Holiday

Family benefits

Maternity and paternity support

Qualifications

• Strong technical ability in accounting principles.
• Experience with financial reporting and assurance.
• Ability to present complex topics to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist in technical accounting areas like revenue recognition and consolidation.
• Provide timely management accounts and financial statements.
• Help deliver successful audits and manage auditor relationships.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations and key controls.
• Produce management reports including analysis and commentary.

Skills

Technical accounting expertise

Analytical skills

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Presentation skills

Proactive and confident approach

Education

ACA / ACCA qualification or equivalent

Job description

Do you want to have animpactandjoin a business where you canmake the difference?

Are you looking to take your career to the next level?

The Financial Reporting and Control team are growing in response to the demands of a fast-growing business and an increasingly demanding control and governance environment. Led by the Group Financial Reporting Manager who reports into the Head of Group Financial Reporting, the team sit alongside and work closely with the transactional finance teams (credit control and accounts payable) and other areas of business operations. The team are ultimately responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of Company numbers both internally and externally. This role provides an opportunity to work in the heart of a fast-evolving and dynamic business, reporting accurate numbers and driving control change.

Success. The Softcat Way.

It's an exciting time to be at Softcat, one of the UK's most successful technology solutions businesses. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We've reached the £1 billion+ pa revenue milestone, opened our first office outside the UK and picked up a series of industry awards. We've got even bigger plans for the future. So, if you share our drive and ambition, get ready to achieve more from your career.

Driving Accurate, Insightful Financial Reporting

The successful candidate will be a key player in the Financial Reporting and Control team as well as the wider finance function of a thriving FTSE-250 Company. Driving the accuracy and timeliness of corporate reporting, internally and externally, this individual will live in the heart of the business. The team is growing quickly to adapt as the business grows and adds complexity and this is an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to get involved across all areas of the business and implement changes which ultimately improve reporting quality. In this role there will be exposure to most areas of reporting and work closely with various business operation functions.

As Financial Reporting Accountant, you'll be responsible for:

• Assisting in delivering technical accounting and reporting areas such as revenue recognition, IFRS 15, SBP, Consolidation, FX, intercompany.
• Providing timely and accurate management accounts, financial statements and variance analysis- directly and via members of the team.
• Ensuring readiness and assisting in delivering successful HY and YE audits, being a key contact for the auditors.
• Ownership of assurance and reporting of balance sheet reconciliations and key controls for several areas.
• Assisting in producing reports for Senior Management, including analysis and commentary.

We'd love you to have

• ACA / ACCA qualification, part‑qualification, or be qualified‑by‑experience with strong technical ability.
• Strong technical accounting & analytical skills with the ability to clearly document and convey complex topics.
• Ability to present to and influence others, including senior stakeholders.
• Confident and proactive, professional, approach.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skill and confident dealing with large datasets.

We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working– 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.

Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, SL7 1LW

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things.

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Holiday

Trips

Vouchers

Partner/family Benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support