Financial Accountant

We are currently seeking a Financial Accountant to provide technical support to the Accounting and Tax team. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Financial lead for Macmillan's trading subsidiary
  • Raffle and lottery accounting and financial compliance
  • Ongoing monitoring of the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and bank accounts
  • Supporting with the preparation of the Charity and group accounts
  • Assisting in the production of the Annual Report and Accounts
  • Support with the preparation of various external returns
  • Being point of contact for all financial accounting issues; internal queries, external queries, including auditors, regulators and advisors
  • Ensuring appropriate VAT reporting
  • Production of auditable financial statements, other accounts and statistical returns
  • Interpretation of technical accounting policies and applicable standards including charity specific requirements
  • Delivery of year end and other ad hoc tasks to deadline

    We're looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
    • 1. Accountancy Qualification - CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent 2. Strong technical accounting skills 3. Good awareness of charity accounting and compliance 4. An awareness of internal control requirements 5. A good knowledge of MS Excel, including pivot tables, look ups and formulae 6. Experience in liaising with non-financial staff and third parties Hybrid expectations This role requires a minimum of one day per week in our London office. During audit periods, London attendance is required more often, typically 2-3 times per week.

    At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

  • 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
  • Pension matched up to 7.5%
  • 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
  • Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
  • Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
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