Senior Accountant

Job summary:

Southern Bank & Trust closes the books in eight business days. You will own a set of balance sheet accounts and the entries that hit them. This role supports the annual audit and works with AP, payroll and FP&A every month. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UK. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short.

Your responsibilities:

• Calculate and book revenue under ASC 606 for standard contracts.
• Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules.
• Investigate P&L variances and explain them to the Controller.
• Review AP and AR agings for accuracy and cutoff.
• Help FP&A with actuals and variance data for budget reviews.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations.
• Document close procedures and keep the close checklist current.
• Track prepaid expenses and amortization schedules.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of general ledger or public accounting experience.
• Available for extra hours at month-end and year-end.
• Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.

Benefits:

• Company pension.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Professional qualifications paid for.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution.
• Workplace pension.
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays.
• Cycle to work scheme.

A bit about us:

Southern Bank & Trust is a community bank offering checking, savings, mortgages and small business loans.

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Southern Bank & Trust.