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About the Role

We are looking for a qualified Financial Accountant to join the team on a 9-month temporary basis, providing additional support for audit readiness, year-end close and audit process. This is a hands-on role suited to an ACA accountant with 1-2 years post-qualified experience who can quickly get up to speed and make an immediate contribution.

Responsibilities

• Complete historical balance sheet reconciliations to 31 December 2026.
• Ensure all accounts are reconciled, supported by appropriate evidence and reviewed by the Finance Manager.
• Resolve or escalate outstanding, aged, historical and unexplained reconciling items to ensure the balance sheet is audit-ready.
• Prepare and complete year-end audit schedules and supporting documentation.
• Respond to auditor requests.
• Prepare and post year-end journals, accruals, prepayments and other required adjustments for Finance Manager approval.
• Identify and resolve historical accounting discrepancies, unusual movements and potential errors before year-end close.
• Support the Financial Operations & Reporting team in delivering an audit-ready balance sheet with a clear audit trail.
• Prepare and maintain management reporting packs aligned to the revised Chart of Accounts.
• Complete mapping between existing and new account codes.
• Update P&L review and balance sheet reconciliation layouts for implementation from 1 January 2027.
• Document Chart of Accounts mapping and reporting changes to support transition into the new financial year.
• Support the Financial Operations & Reporting team with ad hoc analysis, reporting and accounting requirements during year-end and Chart of Accounts transition.

Requirements

• ACA qualified with 1-2 years post-qualified experience.
• Qualification from audit is essential.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting knowledge.
• Experience processing journal entries.
• Experience preparing month-end close process and management accounts.
• Exposure to tax.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Able to work independently and quickly get up to speed in a new environment.
• Hands-on, pragmatic and comfortable working in a rapidly changing workplace.
• Strong communication and organisation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Available to commit to the full 9-month contract.

Skills

• Technical accounting
• Financial reporting
• Journal entries processing
• Month-end close process
• Management accounts preparation
• Tax exposure
• NetSuite (desirable)
• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Independent work
• Adaptability
• Pragmatism
• Communication
• Organisation
• Stakeholder management

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Temporary
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-2 years post-qualified experience

Education Level

• ACA qualified

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.
• £500 annual training budget.
• Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP.
• Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year).
• Enhanced maternity (6 months fully paid) and paternity (3 weeks fully paid).
• Death in service insurance cover.
• Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment.
• In office wellbeing (manicures, massages and barbers).
• 50% discount on orders from sister company Arena Flowers.

About the Company

• Our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world.
• We work in partnerships with governments and financial institutions in the UK and internationally.
• Our cloud-native digital platform is revolutionising how people around the world think about, and save for, their retirement.
• At heart, we’re a financial technology business focused on innovation and using digital change to put the customer first.
• Smart employees have the opportunity to play their part in developing world-class technological solutions, working with and learning from like-minded people.
• Colleagues love Smart’s culture and how what we do means better financial outcomes for savers.

Equal Opportunity

• At Smart, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to do their best work.
• We believe that diverse perspectives help us lead the way in transforming retirement, savings, and financial wellbeing.
• We welcome differences in background, experience, thinking, and identity, and we recognise that innovation is strongest when it is built on inclusion and fairness.
• We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic.
• If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to let us know - we are committed to supporting you.