Financial Accountant

Core3 is delighted to be working with a market-leading global organisation in Maidenhead to recruit a Financial Accountant to join its finance team.

Why join our client

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established global organisation with a strong market position and continued plans for growth. Finance has significant visibility across the business, giving you exposure to complex reporting requirements, senior stakeholders and an international environment.

The role is particularly well suited to someone who has trained within a Top 6 accountancy practice and is looking to make their move into industry, or someone who has already made that transition and wants to continue developing within a large global organisation.

You'll benefit from hybrid working, typically 2–3 days per week in the Maidenhead office, alongside a strong benefits package and clear opportunities to develop your career.

How you'll make an impact

• Deliver accurate monthly group reporting under IFRS
• Prepare statutory accounts under FRS 101 and FRS 102
• Support month-end close and ensure reporting deadlines are consistently achieved
• Manage key treasury activities, including FX exposure and cash deposits
• Review transactions and ensure appropriate accounting treatment
• Work closely with external auditors and internal tax, legal and treasury teams
• Support budgeting and forecasting across group entities
• Provide technical accounting guidance to stakeholders across the business
• Strengthen financial controls and identify opportunities to improve reporting processes
• Support VAT, regulatory submissions and wider financial reporting requirements

Why you're a great fit

• Qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA)
• Training gained within a Top 6 accountancy practice
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly around statutory and financial reporting
• A first mover from practice would be well suited, although candidates who have already moved into industry are equally encouraged to apply
• Good understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP
• Confident working with auditors and senior stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage competing reporting deadlines
• Comfortable working within a complex, international organisation
• Proactive approach to improving processes, controls and ways of working

What you'll get in return

As Financial Accountant, you'll join a market-leading global organisation offering the scale and exposure to develop your technical finance career.

• £60,000–£65,000 salary
• Hybrid and flexible working, typically 2–3 days in the Maidenhead office
• Generous pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Life cover
• 25+ days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Career progression and professional development opportunities

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we’ll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

Senior Management Accountant

Core3 is delighted to be working with an established organisation to recruit a Senior Management Accountant to join its finance team in South Gloucester.

Why join our client

Are you a Management Accountant who is ready for the next step in your career, but hasn’t yet had the opportunity to manage people?

This is an opportunity to change that. As Senior Management Accountant, you’ll build on your existing management accounting experience while taking on your first formal line management responsibilities, supporting and developing a small team of accountants and assistant accountants.

You do not need previous line management experience. The focus is on finding someone with a strong accounting foundation who is ready to take more ownership and wants to develop their people management and leadership skills.

How you’ll make an impact

• Take ownership of monthly management accounts across your assigned areas
• Lead key elements of the month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and identify and resolve financial risks
• Investigate complex accounting queries and provide practical solutions
• Maintain strong financial controls and consistent accounting processes
• Build trusted relationships with finance and operational stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
• Monitor workloads and help the team deliver against key deadlines
• Provide day-to-day support, coaching and guidance to accountants and assistant accountants
• Develop your own line management skills while supporting the performance and progression of others

Why you’re a great fit

• Qualified or close to completing ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Currently working as a Management Accountant, or in a similar accounting role, and ready for your next step
• No previous line management experience is required
• Genuine interest in taking on your first people management responsibilities
• Strong management accounts and month-end experience
• Good understanding of balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Comfortable investigating accounting issues and taking ownership through to resolution
• Experience working with ERP systems and financial data
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Organised and comfortable balancing your own responsibilities while supporting others

What you’ll get in return

As Senior Management Accountant, you’ll have the opportunity to progress beyond an individual contributor role and start building genuine leadership experience, without needing to have managed a team previously.

• £50,000–£55,000 salary
• Bonus
• Private healthcare
• Opportunity to gain your first formal line management experience
• Hands-on coaching and people development responsibility
• Continued technical accounting development
• Opportunity to broaden your leadership and stakeholder management experience

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we’ll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

FP&A Analyst

£55,000 to £70,000 + benefits | Central London | Hybrid

A brilliant opportunity to join a high growth, multi site retail business with a genuinely exciting brand, vibrant culture and finance team that sits right at the heart of the business.

This isn't an FP&A role where you'll spend your life buried in spreadsheets.

You'll get true 360 exposure across the business, combining the technical FP&A work with genuine commercial partnering across Sales and Operations. You'll be close to the decisions, working with senior stakeholders and helping turn data into insight that actually influences performance.

What you'll be doing

• Budgeting, forecasting and longer term planning across a complex multi site business
• Building and developing financial models to support commercial decisions
• Manipulating large data sets and turning them into clear, useful insight
• Analysing performance, identifying trends and understanding the story behind the numbers
• Business partnering closely with Sales, Operations and other non finance teams
• Supporting senior leadership with commercial analysis and decision making
• Helping continually improve the quality of FP&A, reporting and processes as the business grows

What we're looking for

You'll be a qualified or finalist ACCA or CIMA accountant who enjoys getting beyond the numbers and working with the wider business.

Multi site and multi entity experience is an absolute must. Retail, leisure, hospitality or another operationally complex multi site environment would translate particularly well.

You'll need strong Excel and modelling skills, confidence working with data and, importantly, the personality to build relationships and challenge stakeholders across the business.

Why it's worth a look

It's an awesome brand with a great culture and an ambitious finance team. Finance is highly visible across the organisation, so you'll get exposure that goes well beyond a traditional analyst position.

For someone looking to develop into a genuinely commercial finance professional, there's a lot to get stuck into.

£55,000 to £70,000 + benefits
Central London
Hybrid working

Finance Systems Accountant

Core3 is delighted to be working with an established organisation in Bristol to recruit a Finance Systems Accountant to join its finance team.

Why join our client

This is an opportunity to join a business investing in how its finance function operates, with a clear focus on better systems, stronger data and more efficient processes. As Finance Systems Accountant, you’ll combine your accounting knowledge with technology, helping improve the tools and processes finance teams rely on every day.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across finance and technology, giving you plenty of exposure to systems projects, reporting improvements and wider finance change. It’s a varied role where you can take ownership, solve problems and see the impact of the improvements you deliver.

How you’ll make an impact

• Identify opportunities to improve finance systems and processes
• Support system upgrades, enhancements, testing and implementation projects
• Review existing processes and introduce more efficient ways of working
• Use SQL to query and analyse financial data
• Improve the quality, accuracy and consistency of finance data
• Develop financial reports and dashboards to support decision-making
• Partner with finance and technology teams to resolve systems issues
• Strengthen controls across finance systems and processes
• Provide guidance and training to colleagues on systems and new processes
• Contribute to wider finance transformation and continuous improvement projects

Why you’re a great fit

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experience in finance systems, systems accounting or a similar role
• Experience supporting finance system upgrades, implementations or improvement projects
• Experience using SQL to query, analyse and interpret financial data
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working across both finance and technology teams
• Able to identify practical opportunities to improve processes and data quality
• Confident communicating system changes and supporting colleagues through change

What you’ll get in return

As Finance Systems Accountant, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your finance systems expertise while contributing to meaningful improvements across the function.

• £50,000–£60,000 salary
• Hybrid working
• Bonus

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we’ll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

Financial Controller

£70,000 to £80,000 + Benefits | Permanent | Hybrid (3 days in the office) | Central London

A high-growth SaaS platform business is looking to appoint an ambitious Financial Controller to join its growing finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ACA-qualified accountant, ideally around 3 years' PQE, who is looking to step into a broad, high-impact role within a technology business that continues to grow.

Reporting directly to an impressive and highly supportive Director of Finance, you'll be given genuine ownership from day one while working alongside someone passionate about developing their team and creating opportunities for people to progress. This is an environment where you'll be trusted, challenged and supported to become a stronger finance leader.

The role is far broader than traditional financial control. You'll take ownership of the month-end close, lead the audit process, oversee key technical accounting areas including revenue recognition, support finance transformation projects and play a key role in strengthening financial reporting and controls as the business continues to scale. You'll also have the opportunity to help shape the future ERP landscape and partner with stakeholders across the wider business.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process and deliver accurate, timely financial reporting.
• Lead the year-end audit and become the main contact for external auditors.
• Take ownership of key accounting areas including revenue recognition, intercompany and statutory reporting.
• Manage UK VAT, R&D tax claims and statutory compliance.
• Support ERP and finance systems improvement projects.
• Prepare board reporting and provide meaningful financial insight.
• Coach and develop junior members of the finance team.
• Drive continuous improvements across finance processes, controls and reporting.

About you

• ACA qualified with around 3 years' post-qualified experience.
• Trained within a Top 10 accountancy practice.
• Strong financial reporting, audit and technical accounting background.
• Experience owning month-end and working closely with auditors.
• A proactive mindset with the confidence to take ownership and improve processes.
• SaaS, technology or listed business experience would be advantageous but isn't essential.

The business is ideally looking for someone who can join within the next few weeks, although they'd absolutely consider the right person on a three-month notice period.

If you're looking for a role where you'll gain exposure, responsibility and the opportunity to work with an outstanding finance leader while helping shape the next stage of a growing SaaS business, this is well worth a conversation.

Senior Accountant (4-6 Month FTC)

£70,000 to £80,000 | Regent's Park, London | Hybrid (4 days office / 1 day home)

A growing, multi-site business is looking to appoint a Senior Accountant on an initial 4-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will need to be available to start as soon as possible and hit the ground running.

This is a hands-on role focused on helping the finance team become fully audit ready, strengthening financial controls and improving the integrity of the balance sheet as the business continues to grow.

Key responsibilities

• Lead audit preparation and support the external audit process.
• Drive balance sheet, bank and general ledger reconciliations.
• Resolve historic reconciliation backlogs and improve financial data integrity.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and support month-end close.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and supporting documentation.
• Work closely with the wider finance team to leave the function in a stronger position.

About you

• ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Proven track record of supporting multiple external audits.
• Strong experience with balance sheet integrity, reconciliations and financial data clean-up projects.
• Comfortable getting into the detail and solving complex accounting issues.
• Experience within a multi-site or multi-entity business would be highly advantageous.
• Available to start immediately or at very short notice.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys coming into a business, making an immediate impact and helping build solid financial foundations during a period of growth.