Financial Accountant

Core3 are delighted to be partnering with a large international organisation to recruit a Financial Accountant into their Bristol finance hub. This role sits within a centralised accounting function supporting multiple countries and business units around the world and offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to grow their technical capability in a complex, global environment.

Why join our client?

You’ll be joining a high-performing team that plays a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting and ensuring the consistency of accounting processes across the group. The organisation places significant investment into its finance operations, with a strong focus on quality, process improvement and global standardisation.

This role suits an ambitious part-qualified or nearly qualified accountant who enjoys working with detail, understanding how processes fit together, and partnering with offshore teams to deliver high-quality outputs.

How you’ll make an impact

As Financial Accountant, you will support month-end activities, review outputs from offshore colleagues, and take responsibility for a range of accounting processes across general ledger, intercompany, fixed assets, and cash management. You will also work closely with Financial Control, auditors, and finance leaders across multiple regions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing journals and accounting entries in line with month-end timetables
• Completing reconciliations across intercompany, fixed assets, balance sheet items and bank accounts
• Reviewing work delivered by offshore teams and ensuring high levels of accuracy and timeliness
• Producing initial P and L reviews and highlighting potential issues or anomalies
• Ensuring balance sheet integrity and escalating judgemental items promptly
• Supporting process documentation and ensuring consistency with global accounting standards
• Identifying opportunities to streamline processes and support the move toward global standardisation
• Working with Financial Control, Group Finance and auditors to provide information and explanations when required
  
  

Why our client is excited about you

You’re an analytical and detail-focused accountant who enjoys understanding how financial processes operate in a large organisation. You’re confident communicating with colleagues at all levels and comfortable working to deadlines while maintaining a high standard of accuracy.

You will also bring:

• Solid experience in an accounting role, ideally within a large or multinational organisation
• Strong Excel skills and confidence reviewing reconciliations and producing calculations
• Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP or similar
• Ability to analyse data, question anomalies and suggest improvements
• Clear communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good organisational ability and the confidence to manage your workload across competing deadlines
• Progress towards a professional qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent with no more than four exams remaining
  

What you’ll get in return

• £40,000 to £45,000 basic salary
• Hybrid working pattern with three days per week typically in the Bristol office
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working and a supportive team culture
• Professional study support
• Exposure to global accounting processes and excellent development opportunities
  
  

If this sounds like your next move, apply today or contact louis@core3.co.uk // 0117 213 0300 for more information.

Financial Accounting Manager

Core3 are delighted to be partnering with a leading international organisation to recruit a Financial Accounting Manager for their Bristol finance hub. This is a fantastic opportunity to take a senior leadership role within a centralised accounting function that supports multiple regions across the globe.

Why join our client?

You will join a sophisticated finance environment that operates at scale across multiple continents. The business is investing in its global finance operations, with a strong focus on consistency, automation, quality, and process improvement.

This is a key leadership role within a high-performing team responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, overseeing shared services output, and strengthening global accounting standards.

How you’ll make an impact

As Financial Accounting Manager, you will oversee month-end and period-end processes, manage a team of qualified and part-qualified accountants, and ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial outputs across multiple regions. You will also be responsible for performance oversight of offshore teams, ensuring high-quality service delivery and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the review of month-end results and financial outputs prepared by shared service and offshore teams
• Approving complex or high-value journals and ensuring robust financial controls
• Supporting Financial Control with audit requirements and technical accounting queries
• Overseeing the effective operation of central Record to Report and Asset to Record processes
• Managing the relationship with the outsourced accounting provider, handling escalations and supporting service improvement
• Ensuring capacity planning is in place and resources are aligned to workload needs
• Monitoring quality, compliance, and timeliness of offshore output, providing coaching and feedback where needed
• Collaborating with senior finance leadership to help define global accounting strategy and service standards
• Acting as a point of escalation for accounting issues raised across finance and non-finance teams
• Identifying risks, driving resolutions, and escalating as appropriate
• Supporting ongoing transformation initiatives, including process redesign and technology enhancements
  
  

Why our client is excited about you

You are a qualified accountant with a strong technical foundation and experience working in a complex, multinational environment. You understand how to lead teams, manage performance, and drive high standards in a shared service or centralised accounting function.

You will also bring:

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and the ability to apply technical standards to monthly processes
• Experience managing accounting teams within large organisations or shared service environments
• Proven ability to challenge, refine and execute core accounting processes
• A track record of leading, motivating, and developing high-performing teams
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels
• Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or Workday
• Strong understanding of modern finance transformation trends, automation, and process optimisation
• Full accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
  
  

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Hybrid working with three days per week typically in the Bristol office
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to global career development opportunities
• A supportive and collaborative leadership team
• The chance to contribute to global accounting excellence in a highly respected organisation
  
  

If this role feels like the right next step, apply today or contact louis@core3.co.uk // 0117 213 0300 for more information.