Finance Operations Accountant (FTC)

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a wealth management business providing financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management.

What you will do

• Manage monthly and quarterly finance processes for business units, ensuring accurate trial balances and timely completion.
• Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving exceptions.
• Prepare monthly lead schedules with clear commentary on balance sheet positions.
• Maintain governance tools, evidence, controls, signoffs, and documented financial processes.
• Support external audits and build effective relationships with Financial Controllers and wider Finance teams.
• Improve finance processes, outputs, efficiency, and best-practice standards while supporting colleagues’ development.

Requirements

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including ledger management, balance sheet reconciliations, and trial balance integrity.
• Experience managing and improving financial processes in a controlled environment.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks in a regulated environment.
• Ability to prioritise multiple deadlines across monthly and quarterly reporting cycles and collaborate effectively with colleagues.

Nice to have

• Progress toward or possession of an accounting qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term contract for 15 months, ending 31 December 2027.
• 26 days of holiday, equivalent to 182 hours.
• Eligibility for the hirify.global Incentive Scheme.
• Non-contributory company pension scheme with the option to increase personal contributions.
• Benefit allowance and flexible benefits for UK employees, available through salary deduction.