Robert Half Finance & Accounting are delighted to be supporting a large, well‑established UK organisation with the appointment of a Senior Financial Accountant.
The business is recognised for its strong operational foundations, progressive leadership, and a culture that genuinely prioritises professional development, collaboration, and continuous improvement. With a focus on doing things the right way, they value people who take ownership, bring new ideas, and contribute to shaping a high‑performing finance environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced accountant who enjoys technical reporting, complex structures, and contributing to strategic finance initiatives within a supportive and people‑focused organisation.
The role is a full time, permanent contract based out of their Central Bristol office with excellent transport links, where they work to a hybrid working pattern. The salary on offer is up to £70,000 + benefits.
The Role
Working as part of a high‑performing Group Reporting structure, the Senior Financial Accountant will lead a small team and play a key role in delivering accurate and timely statutory reporting across a large portfolio of legal entities.
You will be responsible for overseeing the planning, project management, and production of legal entity accounts, ensuring that statutory filings, compliance requirements, and internal controls are met to a consistently high standard. Alongside this, you will help shape longer‑term initiatives to improve the efficiency and structure of the group's legal entities, partnering closely with internal and external stakeholders.
This is a position that sits within the organisation's Group Reporting leadership team-offering genuine influence, visibility, and involvement in setting team culture, priorities, and future direction.
What You'll Be Doing
1. Owning the end‑to‑end planning and project management of circa 350 entity accounts, including around 100 subject to external audit
2. Coordinating internal and external stakeholders, including audit partners, to deliver statutory accounts to an agreed timetable
3. Reviewing, preparing, and finalising legal entity accounts, drawing on wider Group Reporting resources where needed
4. Driving a longer‑term entity rationalisation programme-identifying unnecessary entities, simplifying structures, and reducing audit requirements where appropriate
5. Working closely with the company secretariat team to ensure entity structures remain accurate, compliant, and up to date
6. Reviewing and simplifying intercompany trading relationships, eliminating legacy balances, and ensuring recoverability of key intercompany accounts
7. Owning the legal entity adjustment ledger and ensuring accurate posting into the Group result
8. Supporting broader change and transformation initiatives across the finance function, balancing BAU with project activity.
9. Contributing to continuous improvement, leveraging technology to improve controls, efficiency, and accuracy
10. Playing an active role in future finance systems implementation
What We're Looking For
11. Professionally qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong technical and statutory reporting experience
12. Proven ability to manage a team and support others' development
13. Experience working with complex group structures and delivering high‑quality reporting to tight deadlines
14. Strong IFRS knowledge and experience in audit or group financial statements
15. Excellent Excel skills, with exposure to ERP and consolidation tools beneficial.