Senior Financial Accountant

4,000 professionals, 0 days wasted, 1 incredible purpose. Together, we will beat cancer.

Senior Financial Accountant

£50,000 - £55,000

Reports to: Senior Finance Manager

Department: Chief Operating Office

Location: Stratford, London

Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Employment type: Permanent

Working hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Closing date: 29 August 2022 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found

Interview date: Week commencing 5 September 2022

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

What will I be doing?

• Leading financial reporting in the Financial Reporting and Control team by ensuring the completion of CRUK's external reporting requirements, including the Annual Report and Accounts of the group and any other regulatory returns required.
• Improving the group's financial control framework by contributing towards the drive for process efficiency; reporting on performance management; exception reporting; and monitoring progress towards internal financial control weaknesses.

Financial Reporting

• Producing the statutory annual report and accounts for the CRUK group. This will involve coordinating with teams across finance and CRUK, liaising with relevant Board Members and Trustees, drafting explanatory papers, and attending Audit Committee.
• Producing and filing subsidiary and dormant entity statutory accounts.
• Producing financial data for internal and external publications whilst monitoring external sources and ensuring external financial data is accurate and robust.
• Working closely with the FP&A team in the production of internal financial reporting ensuring consistency with statutory reporting.
• Supporting the wider Group Planning and Reporting team to review management information and reporting to find efficiencies and improvements to ensure resources are focused on the organisation's top priorities.

Audit Liaison

• Acting as a key point of contact for external and internal auditors. This includes audit planning, managing the year-end, and resolving audit issues.

Technical Decision Support

• Delivering high-quality accounting support to both finance colleagues and senior management with the aim of enabling decision-makers to understand the impact of initiatives and decisions.
• Assessing the impact of new accounting standards, leading projects to implement them, and drafting technical accounting proposals.
• Proactively partner with the FP&A team to become the first point of call when planning significant agreements and transactions. You will build their technical knowledge to ensure they understand accounting and regulatory framework changes and their impact on the financial plan.

What skills are you looking for?

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA/ or by experience).
• Demonstrable history of producing statutory accounts and reporting within a large organisation (ideally within a group environment).
• Experience in year-end audits having delivered audit accounts and reports whilst managing relationships with external auditors.
• Strong technical knowledge with an understanding of accounting standards.
• Built strong stakeholder relationships with the ability to communicate complex financial information to internal and external stakeholders.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies, and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

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At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. Unfortunately we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview (such as, but not limited to: information in a different format, more time for an assessment, a virtual/F2F interview) please contact us on recruitment@cancer.org.uk.