Chartered Accountant (Financial Reporting & FP&A) — Job Description
Purpose
Own accurate statutory and management reporting while leading budgeting, forecasting, and commercial analysis. Tight close, clean audits, reliable forecasts, and actionable insight.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Run month-end close to timetable : journals, accruals / prepayments, intercompany, FX, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare robust management accounts with variance analysis and clear commentary.
- Produce statutory accounts under FRS 102 / IFRS ; manage audit deliverables and resolve queries.
- Coordinate VAT , PAYE / CIS, PSA, and Companies House filings; support corporation tax computations and liaison with advisers.
FP&A (Planning, Analysis & Decision Support)
Own the budget and forecast cycle (annual plan, quarterly reforecasts, rolling 12–18-month outlook).Build driver-based models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow; maintain scenarios (best / base / worst) with sensitivities.Deliver monthly KPI packs and Board decks : revenue / margin bridges, unit economics, cohort / retention (where relevant), and variance walkthroughs.Partner with Sales / Ops to forecast revenue pipeline, pricing, and capacity; translate into headcount and OPEX plans.Lead long-range planning and investment cases (capex, product, market entry) with NPV / IRR analysis.Track working capital (DSO / DPO / DIO), own short- and medium-term cash forecasting , and monitor covenants.Controls, Systems & Process Improvement
Strengthen internal controls (SOX-style where applicable); document policies and close checklists.Streamline close and reporting processes; automate reconciliations and report refreshes.Champion data quality and single-source-of-truth metrics; standardise KPI definitions.Stakeholder Management & Leadership
Translate financial insight into clear actions : pricing, cost initiatives, headcount rebalancing, process fixes.Present to senior leadership and non-finance teams; set expectations and hold owners to account.Coach and review work of juniors / analysts; raise the bar on accuracy and speed.Qualifications & Experience
ACA / ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (or finalist with strong progress).Solid month-end / statutory background and experience with external audit.Proven FP&A exposure : budgeting, forecasting, commercial modelling, and building exec-level packs.Comfortable in changing environments; can prioritise and ship.Tools
ERP : NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics 365, Sage Intacct (or similar).Excel (advanced) , Power Query / Power Pivot; Power BI / Tableau for dashboards.Nice-to-have : SQL or Python for analysis; planning tools (Workday Adaptive, Anaplan, PBCS).For subsidiaries / smaller entities : Xero / QuickBooks.Competencies
Technical accuracy, commercial judgement, crisp communication, ownership, and pace.First-principles modelling and structured problem solving.Stakeholder influence and willingness to challenge.KPIs
Close completed on time with minimal post-close adjustments.Forecast accuracy (Revenue / GM / EBITDA / Cash) vs actuals.Audit outcomes (low / no adjustments) and compliance delivered on schedule.Working-capital improvement and cash forecast reliability.Automation wins : hours saved, errors reduced, cycle-time shortened.Adoption and usefulness of dashboards / Board packs.