About us
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Overview
The Financial Accountant is a key position within the UK and ME Finance teams. Working closely with the Financial Controller, the role is instrumental in producing monthly consolidation reports whilst maintaining and enhancing robust financial systems, controls, and reporting processes. The role is also responsible for liaising with budget holders to develop and track their monthly activity as well as supporting of all aspects of the UK Audit.
Key Responsibilities
- Monthly UK & ME consolidation review, including posting of adjustments where required, and ensuring the month-end close process is tightly monitored.
- Comprehensive review of UK & ME overheads, liaising with budget holders to ensure effective cost control, efficiency, and alignment with business performance and financial position.
- Full ownership of UK & ME general ledger management, including detailed cost analysis, budget tracking, and variance reporting.
- Leading the annual budgeting process and coordinating all relevant submissions.
- Development and implementation of budgeting tools and models across UK & ME regions to enhance forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency.
- Acting as a key liaison between business functions (Marketing, IT, HR) and Finance to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting.
- Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations
- Production and review of monthly consolidated management reporting.
- Management of UK & ME audit processes, including preparation of year-end deliverables, coordination with auditors, and timely resolution of audit queries.
- Coordination of foreign local year-end audits, including liaison with external auditors, preparation, and submission of statutory deliverables.
- Support in the preparation and submission of R&D tax credit claims, including documentation and audit support.
- Preparation, review, and submission of UK and foreign VAT returns, including quarterly filings and ad hoc VAT assessments.
- Preparation and analysis of cashflow forecasts, identifying key risks, opportunities, and working capital improvements.
- Providing support for treasury activities, including FX exposure analysis, monitoring, and management.
- Oversight of other local tax, compliance, and regulatory requirements, including ESR reporting, banking changes, and certificates of residence.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Proven experience in financial reporting, FP&A, and operational finance roles
- Production of annual financial statements / audit experience
- Strong Excel / Google Sheets Skills are an advantage
- Ability to research, extract and understand relevant data
- Previous Maconomy experience highly desirable
- Able to maintain quality work and meet rigorous deadlines
- Excellent communicator both written and verbal with the ability to communicate with all levels of the business up to and including the board
- Fast learner and ability to pick up complex work quickly and with accuracy
- CIMA, ACA or ACCA qualified essential
- Previous experience in a marketing or creative agency would be an advantage.
Job Benefits
What we can offer you:
- Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
- Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
Wellness
- Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options)
- Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan
- Help at hand EAP
- In-Office Gym (London office only)
- Life Insurance 4 x salary
- Dedicated DE&I Board
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Birthday day off and gift
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support
- Various learning & development platforms for e-learning
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Private Dental
- Income Protection (Employee)
- Subsidised Electric Car Scheme
- Home technology tax free loan
Perks
- Hybrid Working (3 office days)
- Company socials
- Pet friendly office
- Lunch & Learns
- Wellness webinars
- Educational webinars
- Subsidised Cafe (London office only)
WHAT MAKES US, US
DE&I
Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words, and more than a legal framework or a moral obligation – they are guiding principles that, when acted upon, make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.
We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term.
To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.
We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.
We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination – regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.
We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.
We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do. Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.
Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.
Application
If you are not a perfect fit for the description above, please feel free to make a case for why you’re the right person for the job.
Send us a cover letter and state why you think we should consider you.
Talent comes in all forms and we want to encourage applications from as many different backgrounds as possible.
