Senior Financial Accountant
1 day ago
London
Do you want to be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing FMCG brands? Are you looking for a big challenge with huge potential for growth? Biotiful Dairy is the category leading Kefir producer and we have big ambitions. We are a fast-growing, pioneering, and ethical business who take pride in sharing our delicious and super healthy range of gut-friendly products with the increasingly health-conscious UK consumer. To help us on this journey, we are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join our Finance Team; you will be a key member of the team, responsible for delivering accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting in a fast-paced FMCG environment. Operating as part of a high-growth business within a larger group, the role ensures alignment to group policies, accounting standards, and tight reporting deadlines. This is a senior individual contributor position, requiring strong technical accounting skills, a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to work cross-functionally with commercial, operational and group stakeholders. Package: Competitive + bonus Contract: Permanent Location: Hammersmith / 3 days pre week on site What you’ll do • Own and execute the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to meet internal and group reporting timelines., • Prepare and review key journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules., • Produce management reporting outputs and factual variance commentary, collaborating closely with the Senior Finance Manager on commercial interpretation., • Ensure compliance with group reporting frameworks, accounting policies, and IFRS/UK GAAP requirements., • Act as the primary coordinator for external audit, ensuring clear documentation, reconciliations, and process transparency., • Support preparation of statutory accounts and regulatory reporting., • Monitor changes in accounting standards, industry practices, and group policy updates., • Maintain strong financial control standards across inventory, promotional spend, balance sheet items and financial operations., • Identify and drive improvements in the efficiency, accuracy and automation of reporting and month-end routines., • Document and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and control frameworks., • Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Commercial Finance and the Senior Finance Manager to ensure accurate data flows and understanding of financial drivers., • Collaborate with the AP/AR Supervisor to ensure ledger accuracy and control, without performing transactional processing. Essential • Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)., • Strong financial reporting and month-end close experience ideally in FMCG, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, or similar operationally complex environments., • Experience with inventory and cost accounting (e.g., standard costing, variances, landed cost, stock reconciliations, promotional allowances)., • Experienced in working within group reporting environments with tight deadlines and defined standards., • Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency with ERP/accounting systems., • Experience in high-growth or scale-up organisations., • Familiarity with group consolidation systems (e.g., BPC, HFM, OneStream, Cognos, NetSuite, SAP)., • High personal accountability and attention to detail., • Able to work at pace while maintaining high standards., • Problem-solving, curious and improvement minded., • Strong communication and business partnering skills., • Month-end close delivered accurately and on time to internal and group deadlines., • Clear, well-documented and audit-ready balance sheet reconciliations., • Improved visibility and reliability of inventory and margin reporting., • Documented and embedded process and control improvements.