Financial Accountant

 Group Financial Accountant


Period: 11/04/2026 to 31/08/2026
 
Job Purpose
Take an active role in the Group Finance team, providing high-quality monthly, half-year, and year-end consolidated financial results, along with detailed financial analysis and reconciliations.

Responsibilities / Key Objectives

• Prepare monthly consolidated reporting, ensuring adherence to guidelines, policies, and recommended accounting practices.
• Provide monthly analysis and insights on actual reported results.
• Calculate and post consolidation journals within the consolidation system.
• Support finance teams in resolving technical accounting and process queries, ensuring timely and accurate monthly consolidation.
• Administer the financial consolidation system (Cognos Controller) and support monthly close activities.
• Provide guidance on technical accounting matters, including assisting in the preparation of key documents and Audit Committee papers.
• Coordinate and prepare half-year and year-end financial statements and disclosures.
• Liaise with auditors to ensure smooth and efficient interim and year-end audits.
• Coordinate the global statutory accounts process.
• Support corporate projects, including the annual intra-group dividend process, balance sheet reorganisations, and step plans.
• Assist with Monthly Performance Reports as required.
• Perform analysis related to one-off business transactions.
• Contribute to group-wide finance projects as needed.

Education & Experience

• Degree qualified with a relevant certified or chartered accounting qualification.
• “Big 4” experience preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year post-qualified experience (PQE).

Skills

• Strong understanding and application of accounting principles, IFRS, policies, and processes.
• Knowledge of financial systems and their effective use.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Advanced MS Office skills.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience with Cognos Controller (desirable).

Business Behaviours

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated approach.
• Strong analytical thinking.
• Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Effective stakeholder management.

 


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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.