Posted 06 August, 2026
Senior Accountant
Marc Daniels
Reading, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
Marc Daniels are partnering with a FTSE-listed, market-leading organisation based in Maidenhead that is undergoing a period of rapid growth and transformation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically strong Senior Accountant to join a high-performing finance team and play a key role in statutory reporting and performance analysis.\n
\nThis is a 12 month FTC Maternity Cover which requires the candidate to either be immediately available or have a short notice period\n
The Role\n
\nAs a Senior Accountant, you will take ownership of key areas of financial reporting and support the month-end process, working closely with both Group Finance and commercial stakeholders. You will be hands-on with statutory accounts preparation while also providing insightful analysis to support decision-making.\n
Key responsibilities:\n
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\nThis is a 12 month FTC Maternity Cover which requires the candidate to either be immediately available or have a short notice period\n
The Role\n
\nAs a Senior Accountant, you will take ownership of key areas of financial reporting and support the month-end process, working closely with both Group Finance and commercial stakeholders. You will be hands-on with statutory accounts preparation while also providing insightful analysis to support decision-making.\n
Key responsibilities:\n
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- Preparation of statutory accounts in line with relevant accounting standards, including IFRS 15
\n - Supporting group reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and adherence to tight deadlines.
\n - Preparation of monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet and supporting schedules.
\n - Detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year, providing commentary and insight to senior management.
\n - Partnering with finance and non-finance stakeholders to explain results and drive performance.
\n - Assisting with year-end audit, acting as a key point of contact for external auditors.
\n - Supporting continuous improvement of financial controls, reporting processes and systems in a fast-growing environment.
About You\n - Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
\n - Strong experience in statutory accounts preparation, ideally within a listed or large corporate environment.
\n - Solid working knowledge of IFRS, with practical exposure to IFRS 15.
\n - Proven experience producing management accounts and performing detailed variance analysis.
\n - Confident communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
\n - Comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing, market-leading business.
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