Senior Accountant

⭐ Your next adventure awaits here ⭐

As part of our Finance team, you will play a key role in the accounting function within our dynamic and ever-growing organization.  This position involves essential operational tasks in the day-to-day business, requiring a high degree of independence and reliability.  You will report directly to the UK Controller.

👉 Accounting / Tax / Payroll

• Ensure regular and accurate bookkeeping tasks are completed, including daily invoicing and bank reconciliations
• Implement monthly closing of the books, review and structure accounting methods and processes (revenue recognition, accruals bookings, etc)
• Ensure the production and issuance of financial information: Statutory financial statements prepared under UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP) and monthly accounts for the Group reporting
• Ensure compliance in accounting, payroll and tax aspects (relying on an external support of professional tax & payroll firms)
•  Assist in the year-end close process and financial reporting
• Support annual audits and ensure their successful completion in line with Group requirements
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations
• Manage the Accounts Receivables cycle and collection of outstanding invoices
• Manage the Accounts Payables cycle (in particular, monitoring payments and booking of payments)
• Actively optimize accounting processes in terms of quality and timeliness

👉 Controlling

• Support the creation of reports to cover the group and entity’s needs (revenue by customer, by type of service, monthly P&L, intercompany declarations, follow up of extraordinary items, pricing reports)
• Ensure their timely submission to the group finance and to the local management
• Actively collaborate with group FP&A team to analyse and improve performance indicators  

The perfect match...

• Studies in finance, accounting and/or business administration
• 7 to 10 years professional experience in a similar position (Accountant, Senior Accountant) 
• Deep knowledge of UK GAAP Financial Statements, Companies Act 2006 Compliance and the process of filing with UK Companies House would be an advantage
• Experience in multinational environment with group policy, reporting, deadlines, frequent communication
• Knowledge of our cloud-based accounting software platform Xero would be an advantage
• Tax & HR payroll management
• Mastery of Excel

Soft skills :

• Rigorous, organized, and autonomous
• Dynamic and enthusiastic
• Positive about change
• Good relations & communication skills (in written and oral)
• Excellent in teamwork and in cross-cultural environment (building a constructive relationship with all the operational departments and being a business partner)
• Capacity to assimilate and improve the business

Join Questel, a growing international group, and live a great human adventure! 🤝

What we offer…

• Full-time, permanent contract 
• 5 weeks holiday (25 days) plus local bank holidays
  
• 4% pension contributions by employer and 4% by the employee
• Health Assured EAP scheme
• Best of both worlds: dive into agility and growth in a dynamic setting, supported by structured onboarding and continuous learning for your success!
  
• Thrive in a flat hierarchy that champions courtesy, honesty, and courage.
• Unlock exciting career development paths in a supportive and ambitious company

📍 Location: London - Hybrid or full-remote based in the United Kingdom with a few days per month on premises. During the onboarding period, we expect our employee to come a bit more in our London office

Start date: no later than June 1st