234 Senior Accountant jobs in London

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: London

Salary: £35,000 – £45,000

Hours of Work: Full-time, Permanent

We are currently seeking a Senior Accountant to join a growing professional practice in London. This role would suit someone looking to take ownership of their own client portfolio, work closely with business owners, and develop both their technical and advisory skills in a supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and review of company accounts under UK GAAP
• Delivering practical tax and accounting advice to clients
• Supporting businesses across a range of industries
• Preparing corporation tax returns and providing tax compliance support
• Acting as a trusted point of contact for clients

Skills & Experience Required

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification
• Recent background in accountancy practice
• Solid knowledge of UK tax rules and accounting standards
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage client relationships independently
• Confident user of accounting software

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary
• Company pension

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Accountant to join a thriving Edgeware Accountancy Practice in this varied position working closely with the partners.

The Accounts Senior will be tasked with preparing accounts and offering advice to clients to develop their portfolio whilst also offering tax and business planning. The position is offering Circa 40k, study support, bonus and regular pay reviews.

This role is ideally suited to an experienced Semi Senior or Senior Accountant with some existing client facing experience that you are keen to develop. This Accountancy Firm is also interested in your drive and commitment to your accountancy career which they will help foster and grow.

Accountant Job Overview

• Accounts Production and review under FRS 102 and 105
• Preparing management accounts
• Prepare personal and corporate tax returns
• Offer basic tax planning and advice
• Assisting with juniors
• Ad-Hoc duties as required

Accountant Job Requirements

• QBE, ACA or ACCA studying or qualified
• Experience preparing statutory and management accounts
• Experience dealing with clients
• 3+ years' experience within Practice
• Good communication skills both written and verbal

Accountant Salary & Benefits

• 35,000 - 42,000 and increasing dependent on experience
• Study support if applicable
• 37.5 hours per week / Monday - Friday (Apply online only)
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• regular pay reviews and performance bonuses

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: London

Salary: £35,000 – £45,000

Hours of Work: Full-time, Permanent

We are currently seeking a Senior Accountant to join a growing professional practice in London. This role would suit someone looking to take ownership of their own client portfolio, work closely with business owners, and develop both their technical and advisory skills in a supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and review of company accounts under UK GAAP
• Delivering practical tax and accounting advice to clients
• Supporting businesses across a range of industries
• Preparing corporation tax returns and providing tax compliance support
• Acting as a trusted point of contact for clients

Skills & Experience Required

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification
• Recent background in accountancy practice
• Solid knowledge of UK tax rules and accounting standards
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage client relationships independently
• Confident user of accounting software

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary
• Company pension

About Zego

At Zego, we understand that traditional motor insurance holds good drivers back. It's too complicated, too expensive, and it doesn't reflect how well you actually drive. Since 2016, we have been on a mission to change that by offering the lowest priced insurance for good drivers.

From van drivers and gig workers to everyday car drivers, our customers are the driving force behind everything we do. We've sold tens of millions of policies and raised over $200 million in funding and picked up numerous awards, including the Employer Of The Year- Insurance as awarded at The Insurance Post 2025 Awards. And we’re only just getting started.

Purpose of the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Accountant to join our dynamic team at Zego. In this role, you’ll be a cornerstone in maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and efficiency of our financial operations. You’ll collaborate with key stakeholders across departments to deliver insightful financial analysis, translating complex data into actionable strategies that drive impactful decisions. This is an opportunity to make a tangible difference, influencing our path forward and contributing to our ongoing success.

What you will be doing

• Responsible for posting monthly journal entries in multiple currencies and intercompany recharges and payroll entries into NetSuite.
• Multi-currency bank reconciliations (Client Accounts and Operational Accounts).
• Assist and support the finance team with the monthly accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet and cashflow).
• Prepare insurance-related reconciliations, including the maintenance and reconciliation of Insurance Broking Accounts (IBA) ledgers. This will involve ensuring accuracy and compliance in client and insurer balances.
• Assist in client money calculations, ensuring adherence to FCA CASS 5 rules, with a focus on safeguarding client funds and maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Monitor and reconcile accounts to provide clear and accurate reporting on client money positions and insurer balances.
• Assisting with the preparation of a monthly finance reporting pack and annual statutory accounts.
• Liaising with other areas of the business to resolve any ad-hoc finance queries that may arise.
• Assisting with monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations and annual audit and regulatory requirements.
• Resolving any queries on bank receipts and payments and preparing payment runs across multiple provider and multiple currency bank accounts.

What you will need to be successful

• Part or fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Proven ability to work independently, manage numerous assignments concurrently and thrive in a fast paced changing environment.
• Strong all-round experience in accounting tasks. 
• Experience in dealing with numerous ledgers and in multiple currencies. 
• Experience with NetSuite is an advantage. 
• You'll be a go getter and thrive in a fast paced changing environment.
• Ideally you’ll have experience in working in a startup environment.
• Insurance experience would be advantageous. 

What’s it like to work at Zego?

Joining Zego is a career-defining move. People go further here, reaching their full potential to achieve extraordinary things. We’re spread throughout the UK and Europe, and united by our drive to get things done. We’re proud of our company and our culture – a friendly and inclusive space where we can lift each other up and celebrate our wins every day.

Together, we’re setting the bar higher, delivering exceptional work that makes a difference. Our people are the most important part of our story, and everyone here plays a role. There’s loads of room to learn and grow, and you’ll get the freedom to steer your career wherever you want.

You’ll work alongside a talented group who embrace each other's differences and aren’t afraid of a challenge. We recognise our achievements, learn from our mistakes, and help each other to be the best we can be. Together, we’re making insurance matter. 

How we work

We believe that teams work better when they have time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid. We ask you to spend at least one day a week in our central London office. We think it’s a good mix of collaborative face time and flexible home-working, setting us up to achieve the right balance between work and life.

Our approach to AI

We believe in the power of AI to meaningfully improve how we work - helping us move faster, think differently, and focus on what matters most. At Zego, we encourage people to stay curious and intentional about how AI is leveraged in their work and teams to drive practical impact every day. This is your chance to do the most meaningful work of your career - and we’ll provide you with the tools, support, and freedom to do it well.

Benefits

We reward our people well. Join us and you’ll get a market-competitive salary, private medical insurance, company share options, generous holiday allowance, and a whole lot of wellbeing benefits. And that’s just for starters. We also cover the costs for all company-wide events (3 per year), and also provide a separate hybrid contribution to help pay towards other travel costs. 

We’re an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

About Allica Bank

Recently named by The Times newspaper as one of the UK’s Top 20 financial technology (Fintech) companies, Allica is a new bank for established small & medium sized enterprise (SME) customers. We have just closed a £100m Series C fundraise led by leading global investor TCV.

Established SMEs are one of the last underserved opportunities in UK fintech. They are the backbone of local communities - representing over a quarter of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. We’re here to change that. We’ve already established a clear competitive advantage, and that should only increase as we scale.

Finally, we really care about attracting the best people. It’s amazing what a small team of committed and talented people can do, if not weighed down by poor culture, leadership and processes. We’re building something important and impactful at Allica and we’re always looking for exceptional people to join the mission. Could that be you!

Department Description

The Finance & Treasury function covers a broad spectrum of financial responsibilities for the Bank. Under the leadership of the CFO and the finance department heads, the team is responsible for equity raising and investor relations; treasury and liquidity management; prudential risk and regulatory reporting; financial reporting and accounting, financial planning, and tax management activities.

Role Description

We are looking for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join our Financial Control team at an exciting phase of our growth journey. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead across a number of areas of our close and reporting processes, own the review and challenge of certain key accounting assessments & judgments, support the maturity and automation of our controls, test the accounting impact of new product initiatives, as well as many other tasks.

Principal Accountabilities

• Responsibility for the accounting of all treasury instruments, including but not limited to hedge accounting, collaterals, bonds and gilts.
• Review of the management information prepared by Treasury, including the challenge and verification of their key models including IRRBB and liquidity metrics.
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements (including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and supporting files.
• Provide oversight over the Bank’s external financial reporting requirements, including any investor reporting.
• Performance of variance analysis, reviewing variances against prior period actuals and forecasts and preparing summary commentary for management.
• Review of key accounting areas such as ECL/IFRS 9 assumptions, capitalised development costs and EIR.
• Working with the Finance Transformation team to support new product initiatives, including any accounting considerations.
• Assessing the impact of corporate development activity to our financial statements.
• Support the year-end audit process, working closely with the Bank’s external auditors.
• Identify improvements in internal controls, as well as working with the Finance Transformation team to automate processes.
• Assist with ad-hoc duties as needed.

Personal Attributes & Experience

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent, ideally gained within a Big 4/Top 10 accountancy firm.
• Experience of working in the Banking/FinTech/Financial Services industry, either in audit or in industry.
• A genuine passion for FinTech and wants to contribute to the growth of Allica at an exciting phase of our journey.
• Have strong analytical skillset, including the utilisation of data and reporting tools
• Have the ability to work autonomously and be initiative-taking as required whilst working well within a team
• Be able to solve complex problems
• Strong influencing and people skills
• Strong skills in MS Office, especially Excel.

Don’t tick every box?

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate.

Diversity

We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind;

• Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities
• Options for flexible working
• Regular social activities
• 25 days holiday
• Pension contributions
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private health cover (with the option to add family members)
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

The System Accountant will play a vital role in supporting the accounting and finance department by ensuring the smooth operation and optimisation of financial systems. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with expertise in system management within the not-for-profit industry.

Client Details

This is an opportunity to join a well-established not-for-profit organisation that is committed to delivering meaningful impact. The organisation operates as a medium-sized entity and is recognised for its commitment to excellence in its sector.

Description

• Manage and maintain financial systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate with the finance team to develop and implement system improvements.
• Provide training and support to users of financial systems across the organisation.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance issues, working closely with IT support.
• Prepare system-generated reports to support decision-making and compliance requirements.
• Ensure financial system integration with other organisational tools and platforms.
• Support the finance team during audits by providing relevant system data and reports.
• Stay updated on industry trends to recommend new technologies and practices.

Profile

A successful System Accountant should have:

• Proven experience working with financial systems in the accounting and finance field.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and processes, particularly in the not-for-profit industry.
• Proficiency in system configuration, data analysis, and troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Advanced Excel and finance system exposure
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.

Job Offer

• A competitive salary of GBP 37000 to GBP 41000, depending on experience.
• Generous holiday leave to support work-life balance.
• The chance to work within a supportive and mission-driven culture.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

This permanent position offers an excellent chance to make a meaningful impact within a not-for-profit organisation in London. If you're ready to advance your career as a System Accountant, we encourage you to apply today!

Job Title: Rent Accountant
Contract: Temporary – 6 months
Hours: Full time
Pay Rate: £225per day (Umbrella)

Overview:
The Rent Accountant will manage rent and service charge accounting processes for legacy Network and SW9, ensuring financial accuracy across transactions worth £160m annually. The role includes posting journals, reconciling bank and control accounts, validating rent settings, and supporting audits. This role also provides leadership to one direct report.

Key Responsibilities:

• Post weekly journals into SUN for rent and service charge transactions.
  
• Reconcile payments from third-party channels, resolving discrepancies.
   
li>Review and correct remittances between client codes.
  li>Reconcile weekly NEC interface files to SUN journals.
  li>Undertake weekly reconciliation of Universal Credit receipts.
  li>Support rent setting validation for in-year relets.
  li>Ensure timely allocation of suspense items, refunds, and property-related transactions.
  li>Support internal/external audits with documentation and walkthroughs.
  li>Serve as backup for the Rent and Service Charge Analyst.
  li>Lead one direct report, providing direction, performance management, and development.
  li>Promote inclusion, wellbeing, and continuous improvement within the team.
 

Essential Skills & Experience:

li>Part-qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA or qualified by experience.
  li>Strong knowledge of rent accounting, income management, and regulatory requirements.
  li>Experience in reconciliations, audits, and rent setting.
  li>Excellent communication and reporting skills.
  li>Strong Microsoft Excel and Office skills.
  li>Ability to work independently and manage deadlines.
 

Desirable:

li>NEC system experience.
  li>Background in social housing finance.
  li>Experience driving efficiencies and strengthening financial controls.
 

This permanent role offers an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to support a retail organisation's Accounting & Finance department in Harrow. The position requires a detail-oriented professional with a strong understanding of accounting principles and processes.

Client Details

This small-sized retail organisation operates within a fast-paced environment. It is committed to providing high-quality products and services while fostering a supportive and professional workplace.

Description

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Reconcile bank accounts and ensure accurate bookkeeping records are maintained.
• Support the Accounts Payable and Receivable functions as needed.
• Prepare and process journal entries, including accruals and prepayments.
• Assist with VAT returns and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Provide support for annual audits, including documentation preparation.
• Ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with other departments to support financial decision-making.

Profile

A successful Assistant Accountant should have:

• Educational qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• An understanding of VAT, bookkeeping, and financial reporting.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Job Offer

• A competitive salary range of 36,000 to 44,000 per annum.
• A permanent role with opportunities for professional growth.
• A supportive and professional environment in Harrow.
• Exposure to the retail industry and Accounting & Finance practices.

If you are passionate about accounting and looking for a role in Harrow, we encourage you to apply for this Assistant Accountant position within the retail sector.