Financial Accountant 6 Month FTC

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

1/4/2025

Interim fixed term contractor to support the team over yearend

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working with at least 3 days per week in the Cambridge office
• We are able to offer flexibility around hours and working patterns
• Marshall, an independent, family-owned British company, proudly helping our customers move forwards since 1909
  
  

What are we looking for?

We are looking to hire a Financial Accountant to support some key strategic projects. This role is a 6 month fixed term contract to support the team over year end.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial accounting and support to transactional team
• Statutory reporting to group
• Senior audit engagement and management
• Cost analysis & reporting
  
  

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Knowledge of up to date accounting standards and the ability to apply these to individual situations
• Communication skills: ability to clearly articulate what is required from the business and draw alongside people so this is understood
• Completer-finisher: ability to work clearly and quickly through tasks and cleanly tie them off
• Critical thinking: ability to constructively challenge the status-quo and formulate initial proposals for change
• Multi-tasking: ability to juggle competing work streams and ensure whilst prioritising, other workstreams do not stall
• Senior stakeholder engagement: ability to liaise with senior members of the business, including Board members and Pension Trustees
  
  

Technical Competencies:

• Fully qualified chartered (or equivalent) accountant
• Strong excel skills
• Practical understanding of financial controls
  
  

Experience:

• Post qualified experience
• Financial reporting and the preparation of entity and group accounts
• Internal controls, documentation and monitoring
  
  

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Marshall Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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