Senior Financial Accountant

Location: London, hybrid with at least 2 days in the office per week

Company

Buyagift and Red Letter Days are UK gift experience providers within hirify.global Group, offering more than 4,000 gift experiences and building a leading UK gift experience platform.

What you will do

• Own key profit and loss and balance sheet areas, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Produce management reporting and financial insight to support business performance and decision-making.
• Partner with FP&A and stakeholders across the business on financial performance and budgeting activities.
• Maintain financial controls, identify risks, and support successful audits.
• Lead key month-end activities and consistently meet reporting deadlines.
• Review and improve financial processes to drive efficiencies across the team and wider business.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with ACA or equivalent and at least two years of post-qualified experience, including strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Experience across both financial and management accounting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and maintain high-quality, accurate output.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders, including colleagues outside Finance.
• Ability to collaborate within a small team while taking ownership of individual responsibilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in technology, e-commerce, or retail.

Culture & Benefits

• 9-month fixed-term contract within a collaborative Finance team with direct impact on business performance.
• Hybrid working with regular and ongoing office attendance; face-to-face working is an expected part of the role.
• Competitive pay, bonuses, pension plans, staff discounts, and share schemes.
• Private healthcare in the UK, dental and life insurance, mental health support, generous holidays, and opportunities for international working.
• Learning allowances, coaching, development programmes, recognition awards, volunteering days, and charity support.
• Inclusive employee-led communities and reasonable-adjustment support during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Stage 1: 30–45-minute interview with the Hiring Manager and a Finance team member.
• Stage 2: 30–45-minute interview with the Head of Financial Control and a senior Finance team member.
• One interview stage will be in person; the timing will be shared during the screening call.