Senior Financial Accountant

About Us
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.

At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.

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The Role
This role sits within the Group Reporting team, part of FT’s Global Finance operation. As a newly created position, it supports the Director of Corporate Reporting & Accounting and the Group Finance Director across key areas such as the Group’s M&A activity, technical accounting, and other ad-hoc projects.

This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with 2-3 years post-qualified experience seeking a step up to lead and implement projects, before growing into a broader reporting role with exposure to commercial opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Group Reporting Team’s involvement in key M&A projects and oversee acquisition-related accounting on a monthly basis, collaborating with:
  • Minority shareholders
  • Joint venture parties
  • Other strategic partners
  • Third-party advisors
• Draft technical accounting papers detailing the financial reporting impact of significant transactions.
• Handle the rollout of comprehensive updates to the Group’s accounting policies.
• Ensure an effective control environment is maintained and meet delivery deadlines for key workstreams.
• Support the Group Reporting Manager in monthly consolidation activities.
• Collaborate with the Group Reporting team for timely completion of month-end activities, semi-annual reporting to Nikkei, and both Group and statutory audits.

Why You?

• Qualified ACA with 2-3 years of experience, ideally including exposure to M&A activity.
• Strong technical knowledge and a commercial approach.
• Excellent numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communicator, adept at both verbal and written communication, capable of engaging with different partners across different teams.
• Experience working with international and cross functional teams.
• Proven track record to prioritise and run multiple projects, embracing change when necessary.
• Strong initiative and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Desire to deliver value to collaborators and ensure high-quality outputs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; working knowledge of Oracle is preferable.

What’s in it for You?
Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships, and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a hybrid working model that promotes flexibility, including remote work options. We will support specific flexibility requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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