Group Financial Accountant - Elysium Healthcare : Job Details

Are you an experienced accountant looking to take the next step in your career? If so, join Elysium Healthcare as a Group Financial Accountant and feel valued and supported as you help provide meaningful change. 

You will be part of something meaningful, with your work indirectly contributing towards delivering great healthcare. Everyone at Elysium plays an integral part in ensuring our services continue to run smoothly and that teams are well supported. It’s a job with meaning that you can be proud of.  

As the Group Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for all aspects of group reporting, including playing a lead role in the annual audit process and managing the small treasury function. 

You will be an integral member of the group’s finance team, working closely with the Group Financial Controller, Group Management Accountant and CFO at the group’s head office in Borehamwood. 

As a Group Financial Accountant you will be:

• Producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the group and being the key contact person for all balance sheet related queries and analyses
• Accounting for/processing of transactions in the group’s 5 main holding companies
• Producing the statutory accounts for 45 entities within the UK Group (Year end 30 June)
• Working with the Group Financial Controller to ensure monthly, quarterly and yearly deadlines are achieved
• Identifying new accounting standards and working with the business to ensure continued compliance
• Preparing well-written accounting technical papers, for example papers which document any corporate activity undertaken and papers which support subjective accounting judgements made
• Assisting the group finance team with the development and evolution of group wide controls, systems and processes

To be successful in this role you will have:

• ACA qualification
• Technically strong
• Audit experience
• Experience working with complex consolidations
• Ability to deliver with exceptional levels of accuracy and has fanatical attention to detail
• Self-motivated, able to work under pressure and driven to succeed
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent IT skills, including Excel, and the ability to learn new IT systems and processes

What you will get:

• Annual Salary of £55,000 – £75,000 (depending on experience)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.