Senior Financial Accountant

Join Achieving for Children as our new Senior Financial Accountant and play a pivotal role in upholding financial integrity and supporting vital services for children and young people. Based in Twickenham, this full-time, permanent position offers a chance to lead the Transactions & Control Team, ensuring effective financial procedures and contributing to the company's sound financial position. You'll work closely with the Chief Accountant on critical tasks like annual reports, VAT compliance, and treasury management while providing essential financial guidance across the organisation.

If you’re a qualified accountant with strong experience in financial management and a passion for our mission, apply now and make a real difference.

Please note you must have the Right to Work in the UK for this role.

About the role

As the Senior Financial Accountant will lead the Transactions & Control Team. You will ensure that Achieving for Children has effective financial procedures to deliver its key priorities and drive the continual improvement of services. You will support the Chief Accountant with regard to final accounts production, VAT and other tax advice inc. associated statutory and Government returns, treasury management / bank control, insurance and reporting to the various governance boards. You will be responsible for ensuring accounts payable, receivable and control functions are performed to a high standard across the organisation.

In liaison with the Chief Accountant you will also have responsibility for ensuring:

• strong financial management
• compliance with the company financial governance framework
• effective financial controls
• mechanisms for the management and mitigation of risk

For more information about this role, please contact Grace Wheatley at [email protected]

About you

The successful candidate for this role will:

• ACCA or ACA qualified.
• Lead the Transactions & Control Team to produce IFRS-compliant Financial Statements and manage the external audit process.
• Provide comprehensive financial and management accounting services, including tax returns and treasury management.
• Oversee accounts payable, receivable, and control functions to ensure timely and accurate transactions processing
• Deliver monthly management accounting for Business Services, including performance reviews and forecasting.
• Ensure financial health through strong controls and systems, providing financial advice to various levels of the organisation.

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
• Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
• Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of staff benefits and discounts
• An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway