Description

Financial Accountant

£300 a day through an umbrella company (6-12 months)

Cardiff (Hybrid Working)

My client is a multi national media company and are looking to recruit a Financial Accountant to join their Finance Operations team.

Financial Operations provides professional financial support to a range of stakeholders as part of the Finance function.

Duties

• Manage end‑to‑end intercompany accounting processes, including reconciliations, variance analysis, and resolution of discrepancies to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal policies.
• Oversee intercompany cash settlement activities, ensuring timely execution of payments, receipts, netting cycles, and alignment with treasury requirements.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations supported by appropriate testing, ensuring full compliance with internal controls and our minimum expected requirements, with fully evidenced and substantiated balances.
• Prioritise and manage workload effectively, balancing recurring deadlines with ad‑hoc requests to deliver high‑quality outputs within agreed timelines.
• Collaborate with key partners and stakeholders including our outsourced partner, other finance teams, divisional and group stakeholders where appropriate.
• Support the efficient delivery of internal and external audits.

Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong technical accounting expertise.
• Proven experience in Balance Sheet reconciliations, with the ability to identify issues, investigate variances, and ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, manage, and deliver a varied workload within tight deadlines while maintaining high‑quality outputs.
• Effective communicator able to collaborate confidently with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, and wider business teams.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and commitment to robust financial controls and governance.
• Experience working within a Finance Operations or Shared Services environment, ideally in a medium‑to‑large organisation.
• Strong Excel.
• Knowledge of SAP an advantage.