Cost Accountant jobs in United Kingdom

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: 12 month fixed term contract

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 204373

Benefact Group are looking for a Group Accountant to join our Gloucester office on a 12 month fixed term contract basis.

As a Group Accountant, you will be supporting the delivery of accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting for the group and its businesses.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

• Support the preparation of the Group’s statutory and/or regulatory reporting through sourcing, analysing and preparing financial and narrative information for use in returns and financial statements.
• Support the Group Reporting team with statutory and regulatory reporting Group Governance requirements.
• Support the implementation of and improvements to the Group’s accounting controls and procedures for statutory and/or regulatory reporting.
• Actively expand personal technical knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In‑house training, CPD).
• Proactive engagement with wider Group Finance objectives and projects.

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experienced user of Microsoft Excel and proficiency in Microsoft Word.
• Ability to work effectively in a team or independently.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and adapt to needs of the business.
• Well organized with meticulous attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines.

• Understanding of IFRS, UK GAAP, Charities SORP and Solvency II experience beneficial, but not essential.
• Some experience of preparing statutory accounts.
• Knowledge of the Financial Services industry.

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it.
• Hybrid working.
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution.
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24%.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme.
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance.
• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice.
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications.
• Access to virtual GP.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

A chance to join a small close‑knit team as we head into our year‑end process, and to support with changes in 2026.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135‑year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

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