Financial Accountant

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Permanent

Bromley, UK

Reference no. 1111-12

Location: Bromley, Kent
Salary: Competitive (DOE)
Reporting to: Finance Director
Direct Reports: 2

About LSP Renewables
LSP Renewables is a specialist talent solutions partner to the global renewable energy industry. We
support businesses and professionals across the sector, with a strong emphasis on providing a highquality
service to our customers.

Our ambition is to positively contribute to the complete removal of CO2 from the global energy
generation industry. This passion fuels our desire to provide best-in-class talent and career support
services to the companies and people working to achieve a brighter, greener future.
With the continued growth of LSP Renewables, we are looking to strengthen our UK Finance team
with the appointment of an experienced Financial Accountant.

The Role

This is a hands-on financial accounting role with particular responsibility for ensuring the accuracy,
integrity and control of the company’s financial records. Reporting to the Finance Director, the Financial Accountant will take ownership of key areas of the month-end and year-end accounting processes, with a particular focus on balance sheet management, reconciliations and financial controls. The successful candidate will need to be technically strong, comfortable investigating and resolving accounting issues, and capable of ensuring that balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled, supported and understood. The role will also manage and develop two members of the Finance team and will work closely with the Finance Director and wider business.

Key Responsibilities

Take ownership of the balance sheet, ensuring all accounts are reconciled accurately and on a timely
basis.
Maintain comprehensive balance sheet reconciliation schedules with appropriate supporting
documentation.
Investigate and resolve aged, unusual or unexplained balance sheet items.
Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger across the business.
Prepare monthly management and financial accounts, including appropriate journals, accruals and
pre payments.
Review profit and loss and balance sheet accounts as part of the month-end close process.
Assist with the preparation of consolidated/group financial information where required.
Maintain and improve month-end and year-end accounting processes and controls.
Manage fixed assets, accruals, prepayments and other key accounting schedules.
Prepare and review VAT returns and support wider VAT administration and compliance.
Support treasury and cash management activities.
Take a key role in preparing for the annual statutory audit and act as a point of contact for audit
queries.
Prepare audit schedules and ensure supporting documentation is complete and readily available.
Assist with statutory accounts and year-end reporting.
Ensure financial transactions are correctly recorded and accounted for within Xero.
Maintain the accuracy and effectiveness of financial systems and accounting processes.
Identify opportunities to strengthen financial controls and improve the efficiency of Finance processes.
Manage, support and develop two members of the Finance team, including reviewing their work and
ensuring deadlines and standards are met.
Provide technical accounting support to other members of the Finance team.
Work closely with the Finance Director on ad-hoc financial analysis, projects and accounting matters.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong financial accounting background who takes pride in
producing accurate, well-supported accounts.
ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or a strong qualified-by-experience candidate with an appropriate financial accounting background.
Strong technical financial accounting knowledge.
Excellent balance sheet accounting and reconciliation skills - this is a key requirement for the role.
A thorough understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and general ledger accounting.
Strong experience of month-end and year-end close processes.
Experience preparing or supporting statutory accounts and external audits.
Good knowledge of VAT and general accounting compliance.
Strong experience using Xero, or significant experience with comparable accounting software and the ability to become highly proficient in Xero quickly.
Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large volumes of financial data.
Previous experience managing, supervising or reviewing the work of junior Finance team members.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate discrepancies through to resolution.
Excellent attention to detail and a strong focus on accuracy.
The confidence to challenge accounting treatments or balances where something does not look right.
Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
The ability to work independently while also being an effective member of the wider Finance team.
Experience within recruitment, staffing or another high-volume transactional business would be
advantageous but is not essential.