Senior Financial Accounting Analyst (6 Month FTC)
Advert Closes: Monday 1st September
Are you a detail-driven finance professional with a passion for reconciliation and process improvement? We’re looking for a Senior Financial Accounting Analyst to help shape the future of financial operations following a major system migration and insourcing project.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact by building robust reconciliation processes and contributing to automation and control initiatives that support The Crown Estate’s strategic ambition to modernise and enhance data integrity.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Drive service charge reconciliations and support lease accounting improvements.
- Perform ledger clean-ups, JV consolidation entries, and capital reallocations.
- Prepare and review accurate balance sheet reconciliations and insightful financial reports.
- Support and deliver cross-functional projects and ad-hoc initiatives.
- Champion automation and simplification across financial processes.
What We’re Looking For:
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (or equivalent) with post-qualification experience.
- Excellent reconciliation skills and a forensic approach to financial integrity.
- Experience in a group finance function, large private company, or practice.
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement and confident communication.
- Experience with process change and ERP systems (preferred).
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Why This Role Matters:
You’ll be at the heart of a transformation journey, helping to build a more efficient, automated, and controlled financial environment. If you’re motivated by continuous improvement and want to be part of a team that values innovation and precision, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us redefine financial excellence.
Our Offering / benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk
- Department
- Finance
- Locations
- The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Contract
The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market
Our Perks & Benefits
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28 days paid holiday
We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.
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Flexible working
We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.
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Market leading family friendly policies
We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.
Workplace, Culture & Diversity
It’s our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong.
A workplace where you’re empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential.
About The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is a unique business with a distinct heritage and a portfolio unlike any other.
It includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and spend time, retail and leisure destinations across the country, and a substantial rural portfolio. As manager of the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a role in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines. We are also responsible for the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park.
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