Hybrid Financial Accountant

at Gearset

• Job title: Financial Accountant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, United Kingdom

About the role

• Financial Accountant collaborating within finance team to manage reporting, compliance, and stakeholder relationships. Supporting budgeting and financial processes at Gearset.

Responsibilities

• Become a key member of the finance team, contributing to both day-to-day financial operations and broader financial insight across the business.
• Take ownership of core finance processes, including the month-end close, working closely with the wider team to deliver accurate and timely reporting.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes, helping teams across Gearset understand performance and plan effectively.
• Build relationships with stakeholders across the business, providing financial context and insight to support decision-making.
• Work across a broad range of finance activities, gaining exposure to multiple areas rather than a narrow remit.
• Own key parts of the month-end process and contribute to the preparation of monthly financial reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Support the preparation of year-end accounts and act as a key contact during the annual statutory audit.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by other members of the finance team.
• Work with external tax advisors to support Gearset’s international tax compliance.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of financial controls, processes, and reporting as the business grows.
• Support wider reporting and compliance activities, such as gender pay gap reporting and carbon reporting.
• Contribute to finance-led projects that improve systems, reporting, or processes over time.
• Review work and support the development of more junior members of the finance team.

Requirements

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience contributing to or owning month-end processes and financial reporting
• Comfortable working across a broad range of finance activities and adapting as priorities evolve
• Confident communicating financial information to stakeholders outside of finance
• A thoughtful, collaborative approach with strong attention to detail
• Experience working with FRS 102 and supporting audit or statutory reporting (great to haves)
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, or finance business partnering (great to haves)

Benefits

• Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
• Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year
• Top end hardware provided
• Free lunch in the office
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
• Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
• Bupa health care
• Life Insurance & critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits