MERJE are partnered with a growing financial services business based in Northamptonshire in their search for a talented Qualified Accountant

Our candidate will have hands-on experience of working within a finance function and taking responsibility for delivering on a range of finance processes – Including month-end, reconciliations, nominal postings, invoicing and reporting.

This role will suit a forward-looking accountant who is looking to accelerate their career by joining a growing and innovative lender.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivering key monthly routines and output across the Finance function
• Performing key monthly reconciliations and the investigation and resolution of reconciling entries
• Timely and accurate preparation of monthly accounting entries and information
• Maintain financial control processes to ensure the integrity of financial information
• Analytical review and supporting the production of monthly management packs
• Close collaboration with the finance team and across the Operational functions

Experience
 

• Hands-on experience of working in a finance team and delivering a range of accounting outputs
• Ability to multi-task, delivering a range of month-end processes to tight deadlines
• Thoughtful use of data to prepare inputs into Management packs and other MI (including commentary of trends)
• Good data analysis skills and able to manipulate data from a range of sources to produce insightful analysis
• Good understanding of the importance of maintaining key controls and checks to ensure the integrity of financial reporting
• Able to identify and deliver process improvement opportunities

Skills
 

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant, ideally with experience within a lending business
• Technically competent and able to apply accounting skills to a broad range of tasks
• Attention to detail and able to apply controls effectively
• Problem solver, understanding the root-causes of issues and able to drive solutions
• Good technology skills – Microsoft Office tools and accounting systems
• Passion for working as part of a team and collaborating to achieve greater results

Benefits

Competitive salary depending on experience

25 days annual leave (rising to 28 with service)

Annual Race Days

Family run business

On site parking

Please note, should you not receive feedback within 28 days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities.