Group Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant

Petcover

Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Full-time, Permanent

In office/ hybrid mix

Salary Commensurate with experience

Company Overview

Operating globally, Petcover is an independently owned and operated pet insurance company that has been insuring pets for over 40 years. We are proud to have insured hundreds of thousands of pets, focusing on understanding the owner and pets’ needs with a dedication to delivering exceptional customer service.

We offer a comprehensive range of cover for cats, dogs, horses, and exotic pets, with the widest range of policy options and cover levels to suit. As pet specialists, we can provide an unrivalled knowledge of pet health and care.

The Group operates in multiple jurisdictions and is currently expanding. Finance is recruiting for value-add Team Members to join based in Haywards Heath to support the growth. The Group has a regulatory reporting element in each jurisdiction and is Consumer focused on the products it sells.

Key requisites for role:

• Part qualified accountant with at least three years’ experience and studying towards achieving ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
• The ability to work in UK without employer visa sponsorship.
• Advanced excel skills, an absolute prerequisite.
• Strong systems skills and experience and understanding automation of business processes.
• Understanding of financial numbers and impact on key KPI’s.
• Ability to work with large data sets volumes, identify issues and remediation suggestions.
• Excellent work ethic and communications skills.
• A willingness to take tasks from start to finish with value add.
• Team Member ethos and culture where support is given and received as needed.

Role and Reporting Lines:

This role reports directly to the Group Accounting and Finance Manager and indirectly supports, through business partnering, the Group Management Team in each of the Group Business units in each jurisdiction.

Role deliverables:

• Acting as collaborative Team Member in the Group Finance Team.
• Timely and accurate production of all records which support the generation of monthly management accounts.
• Preparation of month end packs with reconciliations for each jurisdiction for review.
• Identification of business processes and controls gaps and suggestions for improvements.
• Preparation of reconciliations for bank, debtors, creditors, payroll, tax, regulatory reporting and all related items.
• Processing day to day accounting processes, payments, invoices, intercompany transactions, payroll, taxes, treasury.
• Timely bank reconciliations to assist in accurate cash forecasting and treasury monitoring.
• Regulatory reports preparation and reconciliation of data.
• Taxes submissions preparation for review.
• Treasury reports preparation for review.
• Supporting the annual budgeting process as a Finance Team Member.
• Participate in Projects across the Group as needed.
• Participation in Group audits, annual accounts preparation in multi jurisdictions.
• Other ad hoc duties as they arise.

Expected start date:

Immediate

Job Types:

Full-time, Permanent

Salary:

£35,000 - £40,000 Commensurate with experience

Benefits:

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible schedule

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 8-hour shift

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Sick pay

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Only applicants who are resident in UK and are fully authorised to work in the UK at time of application will be considered for this position. Please confirm here that both criteria apply to you?