Top Accounting Jobs in London

The Syndicate Accountant manages financial processes for allocated syndicates, ensuring accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with stakeholders, while maintaining high service standards.

The Finance Operations Accountant will link the Finance and Data teams, ensuring accurate financial data, supporting syndicate reporting, and improving processes and controls while utilizing AI in data management.

Process employee expense reports and reimbursements, administer corporate card program, reconcile accounts, prepare journal entries, support month-end close, assist with audits, accruals, and reporting to ensure policy compliance and accurate financial records.

Part-qualified accountant responsible for audit and accounts work both in-house and at client sites, reviewing work, assisting trainee training, completing bookkeeping, accounts and tax assignments, ensuring compliance, and providing proactive client-focused advisory support.

Lead selection, implementation and optimisation of a new finance system across Finance, IT and other teams. Translate business requirements into system configuration, oversee data migration, integrations, testing, controls, training, reporting improvements and change management to ensure successful go-live and adoption.

The role involves supporting financial management tasks, contributing ideas, and participating in a global team environment at Hempel.

Manage payroll accounting for ADI-EMEA Streamline payrolls including GL journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end close, fringe accounting, payroll cash forecasting, and support international payroll with ad hoc reporting and audits.

Manage month-end reporting and submission of General Ledger figures and KPIs using Hyperion Essbase; prepare monthly financials and variance analysis, drive cost management, manage cost centre reporting, calculate residual value provisions, ensure external reporting compliance, coach a direct report and support senior management.

Prepare and deliver syndicate financial and regulatory reporting (Syndicate Report & Accounts, SUK QRTs, Lloyd's returns, QMAs, RRAs, US Situs). Produce GAAP and ultimate-basis management information, support external audits, stakeholder reporting and capital provider packs. Develop technical accounting papers, reporting controls and process improvements, working with FP&A and Data Solutions to automate reporting and improve data extraction.

The Assistant Financial Accountant will manage accounts, prepare reconciliations and reports, support audits, and improve financial controls in a dynamic finance department.

Manage syndicate accounting ledgers, produce and review Lloyd's regulatory and group financial reporting, supervise outsourced providers, ensure strong controls, drive process improvements, support migration to outsourced operating model, and liaise with stakeholders and auditors.

Provide controllership support for ledger accuracy, reconciliations, reinsurance and regulatory reporting, month-end close, journal entries, QA, audit support, stakeholder management, and contribute to finance transformation projects.

Produce accurate financial reports, prepare monthly management accounts and reconciliations, process payments, maintain fixed asset and intercompany records, complete statutory filings (VAT/EMP), support budgeting and ad hoc projects, and advise stakeholders while maintaining strong internal controls.

The Financial Accountant manages accounts payable, receivable, daily transactions in Zero, assists with budget tracking, and monthly finance reporting, while contributing to finance projects.

Hands-on accounting role supporting AP, AR/treasury, general ledger, month‑end/year‑end close, reconciliations, journals, and commercial finance tasks. Maintain financial controls, perform P&L and cost analyses, support forecasting/budgeting, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate, audit‑ready records and continuous process improvement.

Own end-to-end bookkeeping for German and Jersey entities: daily transactions, month/year-end close, reconciliations, consolidation, management reporting, forecasting, HGB compliance, tax support, audit assistance, and process improvements to support business decision-making.

Own month-end close, prepare prepayments, accruals and reconciliations, manage bank and intercompany reconciliations, run supplier payments, raise invoices, chase AR, support audits, submit UK VAT and US sales tax returns, assist budgeting/forecasting, improve financial processes, and support ad-hoc finance requests.

Provide technical accounting support across a multi-entity UK group: apply FRS 102/IFRS, prepare and review statutory accounts, oversee VAT and corporation tax compliance, support year-end and audits, document complex accounting positions, and improve reporting, controls and accounting policy.

The role involves managing financial systems, overseeing consolidation processes, and ensuring compliance with reporting standards in a large PLC environment.

Support controllership for a cluster of entities: review monthly P&L and balance sheet reporting, manage month-end close and reconciliations, liaise with shared services and auditors, finalize statutory accounts and tax returns, and ensure indirect tax compliance and timely resolution of aged items.

This Junior Accountant role is ideal for newcomers, providing full training. Responsibilities include bookkeeping, payroll, budgeting, invoicing, and assisting senior accountants with financial tasks. No prior experience is necessary.

The Management Accountant will handle management accounts, maintain the general ledger, support budgeting, and perform financial analysis in a part-time role for an insurance company.

Maintain general ledger entries, prepare monthly financial statements, ensure tax compliance and timely filings, reconcile bank accounts monthly, and support audits with documentation for the London accounting team.

Own P&L and balance sheet areas, support month-end close, produce management reporting, partner with FP&A and stakeholders, maintain financial controls and audit readiness, and improve processes to drive efficiencies.

Lead month-end close activities, own P&L and balance sheet accounting (analysis, reconciliations, adjustments), maintain financial models, execute controls, drive process improvements and automation, support GL implementation, and coach junior team members.