Do you thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? So do we! Join Buro Happold as a Financial Operations Accountant on a 6-month fixed-term contract in our Bath or London office.
This dynamic role involves managing various ad hoc projects across all financial disciplines within a successful international consultancy. Responsibilities include financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, and statutory reporting, with a strong emphasis on maintaining and developing the internal control environment.
You will build excellent working relationships with key members of the global finance team and manage time effectively to prioritize demands. Lead projects to ensure efficient completion within intended timelines. Develop a thorough understanding of controls and processes to provide robust support to the wider team.
This position is ideal for a recently qualified professional seeking to gain experience in a broad spectrum of financial disciplines and processes.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your next role
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
We are looking for a passionate candidate who can inspire and motivate at every level.
Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
Key duties
- Involved in significant ad-hoc projects across a wide range of financial disciplines including:
- FP&A
- Statutory reporting
- Operational Finance – project accounting and reporting
- Tax
- Treasury
- Covering finance team member roles as and when required which could encompass the preparation of monthly management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, long-term project reviews and project close out.
- Assisting with the year-end external audit and quarterly statutory reporting process
- Assisting with quarterly and annual bank covenant reporting
- Key member of the financial operations team supporting with developing and improving financial processes and internal controls to ensure consistency across all international offices.
- Drive the ongoing documentation of internal control processes ensuring process / policy documentation is kept up to date.
- Support with internal cash flow reporting.
Your skills and experience
- Qualified CIMA/ACA/ACCA.
- Intermediate Excel skills (VLookups, Pivot Tables).
- Experience of professional services or engineering/construction industry would be an advantage.
- Flexible can-do attitude with the drive to positively approach a wide range of business needs.
- Self-motivated and highly organised with the proven ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.
- Confident and proactive with the ability to take the lead in challenging situations.
- Resilient with excellent communication skills with a high attention to detail.
What we offer
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, private medical insurance, car allowance, and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy.
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A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
