Financial Accountant

Company Overview

TEKsystems is a specialist in providing tailored staffing solutions to market leading clients. As the largest privately-owned staffing company globally, we consistently outperform our competitors and continuously deliver on our promises.

With staffing at the core of what we know best, we understand how important people are to any business, therefore at TEKsystems we invest in the training and development of our people, offering continuous opportunity to those who earn the right.

Our goal is to become the staffing and services company others aspire to be.

Role Outline

The Financial Accountant will have full responsibility of gross profit reporting across both management and statutory accounts for various legal entities within the group’s European businesses and will ensure adequate controls are in place. The successful candidate will be an ambitious individual with solid accounting experience. They should have a proven track record of delivering accurate and timely reporting and should be able to hit the ground running within a high performing corporate finance department.

This position will work alongside multiple internal business functions including FP&A, Commercial Team, Financial Operations and Operational Support Group.

Core Responsibilities

· Reconcile GP for our services business by working closely with Financial Operations, calculating the appropriate accruals and prepayments.

· Liaise with Commercial to make sure we are capturing all the relevant information regarding cost and revenue.

· Ensure we’re correctly accounting for Perm revenue and reconcile to commercial reporting methods

· Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly, ensuring alignment between accounting and reporting systems

· Ensure adequate internal controls are in place to report accurately on operations and ensure that Group processes are implemented and working efficiently

· Calculation of Bad Debt & Rebates

· Support budget preparation and forecasting activities

· Support VAT returns across relevant jurisdictions

· Drive an efficient and well‐controlled audit process across areas of responsibility

· Undertake ad‐hoc tasks as required by the Finance Manager or Financial Controller

Skills and Knowledge

· Studying towards an Accounting Qualification ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent)

· Strong Excel capability (Pivot tables, XLookup, SUMIFS): Power Query experience preferred

· Previous recruitment or similar industry background is desirable

· Experience with Hyperion Planning, preferred

· Experience with Hyperion EBCS (FCCS) preferred

· High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and efficiency

· Strong organisational and time‐management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines

· Confident working with large data sets and learning new systems

· Proactive problem‐solver with a continuous improvement mindset

Behaviours & Attributes

· Highly organised and accountable, with a strong focus on delivering practical, high‐quality solutions

· Strong numerical and analytical capability

· Comfortable with change in a fast‐paced, evolving business environment

· Confident and credible communicator, able to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels

· Demonstrates integrity and professionalism, setting clear standards and expectations for others

· Balances autonomy with collaboration, taking ownership while working effectively as part of the finance leadership team

· Committed to continuous development, both personally and in developing team capability