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Posted 24 July, 2026

Head of Accounting

Robert Half
London, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

This newly created Head of Accounting role for a rapidly growing Private Equity paying £60,000 to £100,000 depending on experience, based near in the heart of the west end on a Permanent basis.

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Role

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As Head of Accounting, you will work closely with the CFO who is all about internal growth and development. Please find a brief outline of the role below:

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  • Statutory & Regulatory Compliance
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  • Management Accounts
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  • Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other
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  • Purchase Ledger
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  • Sales Ledger
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  • Process monthly payroll using Sage Payroll
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  • Cash & Banking
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Profile

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The Head of Accounting for this Private Equityis ideally for the below

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  • Happy to be in a stand-alone role
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  • At least 5 year's experience in a top to bottom accounting role
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  • From Financial services or a family office
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Company

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The Head of Accounting will report into a hugely impressive CFO who you will very closely on the day-to-day operations. The private equity business has offices based in New York, London, Tokyo and Milan and the London office is currently 8 people strong. The private equity has around 10 billion under assets and are rapidly growing. The business also offers a 9-5 working hours.

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Salary & Benefits

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Salary is bench marked £60,000 to £100,000 on experience. Additionally, they also have amazing culture and work life balance and are very a much a 9-5 working culture. The business also has 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) private medical and lots of other great benefits and other amazing benefits

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