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Senior Technical Financial Accountant

Job Posted: 36 minutes ago

Salary: £ 500 - 500 / Day
Job Type: Temporary
Location: St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Interim Senior Technical Financial Accountant (6-Month Contract)
Location: St Albans (Hybrid- 3/2) | Start: ASAP
Rate: Circa £500p/day (*DOE)

We are partnering with a highly acquisitive, fast-moving client seeking an exceptional Technical Financial Accountant for a 6-month interim assignment. This role requires someone who is both technically rigorous and hands-on, able to operate confidently across complex reporting work and day-to-day financial demands.

Key Responsibilities:
* Act as the in-house expert on advanced IFRS accounting, providing high-level technical support and guidance.
* Move seamlessly between complex technical tasks and detailed operational activities - from drafting technical papers to responding to audit requests and resolving invoice queries.
* Produce and review sophisticated accounting papers and analyses, including impairment reviews for goodwill and intangible assets, and going concern assessments.
* Lead the preparation of full IFRS statutory accounts.
* Build and implement a new IFRS consolidation model fit for a multi-entity, international group.
* Oversee the end-to-end audit process, ensuring smooth coordination and timely delivery.
* Manage the finalisation and signing of a complex set of consolidated IFRS financial statements.
* Bring deep international experience across multi-jurisdictional environments.
* Apply strong working knowledge of international tax matters.
* Utilise advanced Excel capability, with the ability to support parallel projects including a current refinancing initiative and the FY27 budgeting cycle.

Ideal Candidate Profile:
* Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent), ideally trained within a Big 4 or top-tier practice with strong exposure to complex IFRS reporting.
* Significant post-qualification experience in multinational or acquisitive groups, with a solid track record in technical accounting, consolidations, and statutory reporting.
* Demonstrated background managing audits, IFRS financial statement preparation, and producing high-quality technical papers (impairments, going concern, etc.).
* Strong international perspective, with global tax awareness and advanced Excel capability, gained through roles supporting cross-border structures and group-level finance projects.

Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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