Financial Reporting Accountant (O912945)

Overview

Our Isle of Man-based Client are an award-winning communications & services provider, leading their sector in the delivery of compelling and affordable tailored solutions. Following the restructuring and sub-division of their finance function, they have a need for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join their team.

The Financial Reporting Accountant will be responsible for ensuring accuracy and compliance across the financial reporting processes for their UK and Isle of Man entities, with a drive to understand the complexities of the business and the ability to tackle problems from all sorts of different angles. Just as importantly, you will be expected to question how things are done today and help them do them better tomorrow - whether that means refining a process in Dynamics 365 Business Central, rebuilding a report, or using AI tools to remove a manual workaround.

Duties will include:

• Preparation of monthly consolidated management accounts and onward reporting to internal and external stakeholders and preparation of statutory reporting
• Ensuring the accurate and timely maintenance of core accounting records within Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Covenant monitoring and reporting to external finance providers
• Preparation and submission of VAT returns and of IOM and UK Corporate Tax returns and ensuring compliance with the latest taxation legislation
• Support with the ongoing maintenance and further development of a robust financial control environment
• Identifying and delivering opportunities to automate and streamline the reporting cycle, including the practical use of AI tools, and helping to embed those improvements across the wider finance team
• Developing and improving reporting out of Business Central and our wider reporting tools, reducing the team's reliance on manual spreadsheets
• Acting as a finance point of contact for system and data queries, and working with colleagues across the business on process and system change
• Liaising with external auditors
• Ad hoc projects
• Training and mentoring junior members of staff

The ideal candidate for the role of Financial Reporting Accountant will be:

• An ACA or ACCA qualified Accountant with 1-3 years PQE, experience in a financial reporting role
• Strong knowledge of Excel; experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Experience of Dynamics 365 Business Central would be preferable; experience of a comparable ERP, together with the appetite to get up to speed quickly, will also be considered
• Open to using AI in day-to-day work and genuinely interested in what it can do for a finance function - hands-on experience of tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot is desirable
• A process improvement mindset: you notice manual, repetitive work and want to fix it rather than work around it
• Sound judgement on when to lean on a tool and when to check the detail yourself, alongside a healthy respect for data confidentiality and control
• Willingness to embrace an environment where no two days are the same
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Desire to understand and challenge the detail behind the numbers within the business
• Attention to detail in a pressured environment is critical
• Ambition to be a key team member, driving an already successful business to even greater heights
• Excited by working in an environment that celebrates both personal and corporate success
• Diligent with a focus on accuracy of output and able to work to tight deadlines
• A hunger for learning and development
• Solid commercial acumen and a desire to push boundaries to constantly improve

Desirable:

• Experience of working within a business with high volumes of transactions