Financial Accountant
Location: Coventry, UK
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Contract type: Full Time
Working hours: 40 Hours a Week – Flexible, Hybrid Working
About the role
Looking for your next career move in finance? Join idverde
UK and play a pivotal role in shaping our financial future! As a Financial
Accountant, you will become a key player in a dynamic team, responsible for
ensuring financial accuracy and control across our UK operations. Working
closely with Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders, you will:
- Be instrumental in producing monthly contract
profit and loss accounts.
- Take ownership of Balance Sheet reconciliations
across multiple entities, ensuring precision and clarity in financial
reporting.
- Drive process improvements, proactively
identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and financial control.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the business
to ensure our financial practices align with group policies while supporting
operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Line management responsibilities for one direct
report, including coaching, reviewing work, providing timely feedback and
fostering a culture of personal development.
- Support the Financial Controller in completing
the month end consolidation of the UK entities, ensuring accurate delivery of
financials whilst adhering to group reporting timelines.
- Calculate and process monthly cost recharges
from balance sheet control accounts, into contract profit and loss accounts.
- Proactively flag issues with data quality /
inputs to Finance Business Partners, and to work with Operational colleagues to
improve.
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet
reconciliations, including clear details of all reconciling items and
proactively working to resolve any variances.
- Work with central functions to ensure accuracy
in source data, creating a right first time approach.
- Continuously look for process and control
improvements across the month end and day to day tasks and, once identified and
flagged to leadership, take ownership of implementation of improvements and
ensure they are sustained for ongoing compliance.
Requirements
- Qualified or Finalist ACA/ACCA/CIMA with a
strong understanding of accounting principles.
- Proven experience in Balance Sheet
reconciliations, financial reporting, and control processes.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage
multiple tasks.
- A keen eye for detail paired with the ability to
step back and see the bigger picture.
Why join us?
As the UK’s leading grounds maintenance and landscape
creation provider, no two projects are ever the same – and neither are our
people. That’s why we’re committed to nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture
where everyone can thrive.
We’re proud to have been recognised as Employer of the
Year and Sustainable Company of the Year at this year’s Landscaper
Awards, reflecting our commitment to supporting our people while delivering a
more sustainable future.
What we offer
Career development: We offer career advancement and
development opportunities through our bespoke apprenticeship programmes, our
extensive in-house training academy, and coaching and mentorship.
Collaborative team environment: Join a diverse and inclusive
workplace where you can collaborate with passionate and talented individuals.
Meaningful impact: Contribute to projects that make a real
difference in the community and environment.
Competitive benefits package: We recognise and reward your
hard work with our wide-ranging benefits package designed to prioritise your
wellbeing, support life choices, and help in both good and challenging times.
Benefits
- Up to 25 days holiday plus
bank holidays.
- Enhanced
maternity and shared parental leave.
- Support
for personal and professional challenges.
- Discounts on retail,
holidays, gym memberships, and more.
- Resources to
manage your finances.
- Secure your
future.
- Colleague of the
month and annual awards.
- Two days per year to
support a cause of your choice.
About idverde
We are Europe's largest provider of grounds maintenance
services and landscape creation, in the UK alone we're a community of over
3,000 passionate colleagues shaping the future of the green industry.
At idverde, we understand what it means to grow. Our history
dates back to 1919, and today, with a turnover of £250 million, we're more than
just a company – we're a force for positive change. We offer a range of
services to create, maintain, and manage landscapes across the UK.
Grow with us, and together we’ll create a greener future
for all.
