Job Description

Salary

82,000 per annum

Contractual hours

37.5

Basis

Full Time

Region

Peterborough

Job category/type

Support Staff

Date posted

13/10/2025

Job reference

REQ003993

The Role

Based in our Peterborough central office we are looking for a skilled financial accountant and people manager to lead statutory reporting and compliance across a group of five charities (United Learning Ltd being one of the top ten largest charities in the country) and two companies. Supported by four direct reports, this role offers variety and responsibility. You will repot into the Group Financial Controller.

Working in partnership with our external auditors, you'll manage the preparation of the statutory accounts for the group, ensuring compliance with charity SORP and relevant accounting standards. You will be the first point of contact during the annual audits, ensuring all are completed within the agreed timeframes.

Key duties include overseeing VAT compliance and submissions, managing monthly and five-year cashflow forecasts, and monitoring daily cash balances. You'll evaluate short-term deposits and ensure effective fund placement.

The role oversees the group's central management accounts, forecasts, and budgets, as well as monitoring groupwide capital expenditure. You'll support corporation tax returns in collaboration with external consultants and contribute to finance-related projects such as system upgrades.

You'll also provide expert support on complex accounting matters across the wider finance team.

About You

You must be qualified in a recognised professional accounting qualification preferably ACA or ACCA with proven experience in a practice or similar environment where the preparation of statutory financial statements and associated returns formed a significant proportion of the role.

Experience of cashflow management with an unwavering attention to detail, strong MS Excel skills and experience of dealing with large volumes of data are essential.

Rewards and Benefits

Competitive salary. Contributory pension scheme. 26 days holiday. Occupational sick pay, protecting you and your family. Competitive maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits. Group Life Insurance Scheme Westfield Health cash plan and Extensive range of employee benefits for eligible staff Continuous Professional Development options that will be tailored to your needs. A supportive team across the country. We are open to requests for flexible working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

Further information

This vacancy will close on the 26th October at midnight, please submit your application via our online portal.

For a confidential discussion about this role or the process, please contact: clare.dutton@unitedlearning.org.uk If you are applying internally, please apply via your ESS account (

Internal Vacancies page

). You will be required to submit a personal statement with a summary of your experience that make you suitable for this role. There is a character limit of 4000-character limit (roughly one and a half to two sides of A4).