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Head of Accounting

£60k - £100k per annum
Full-time

This newly created Head of Accounting role for a rapidly growing Private Equity paying £60,000 to £100,000 depending on experience, based near in the heart of the west end on a Permanent basis.

Role

As Head of Accounting, you will work closely with the CFO who is all about internal growth and development. Please find a brief outline of the role below:

  • Statutory & Regulatory Compliance
  • Management Accounts
  • Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other
  • Purchase Ledger
  • Sales Ledger
  • Process monthly payroll using Sage Payroll
  • Cash & Banking

Profile

The Head of Accounting for this Private Equity is ideally for the below

  • Happy to be in a stand-alone role
  • At least 5 year's experience in a top to bottom accounting role
  • From Financial services or a family office

Company

The Head of Accounting will report into a hugely impressive CFO who you will very closely on the day-to-day operations. The private equity business has offices based in New York, London, Tokyo and Milan and the London office is currently 8 people strong. The private equity has around 10 billion under assets and are rapidly growing. The business also offers a 9-5 working hours.

Salary & Benefits

Salary is bench marked £60,000 to £100,000 on experience. Additionally, they also have amazing culture and work life balance and are very a much a 9-5 working culture. The business also has 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) private medical and lots of other great benefits and other amazing benefits

Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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