Group Accountant

Group Accountant

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Hybrid Working: 3 days in the office, 2 days remote

Reports To: Financial Controller

Direct Reports: Accounts Assistant/AP

About Buttermilk

Buttermilk is a creative agency shaping the future of the creator economy. We deliver work that’s as culturally sharp as it is commercially impactful, partnering with the world’s most recognisable brands to drive real results and real connection.

We celebrate individuality, move with intent, and support ambitious growth without compromising wellbeing.

Role Purpose

The Group Accountant will play a key role in improving and maintaining the integrity of the group’s financial reporting, including; consolidation of group entities, establishing [and adhering to] financial controls and driving finance process improvement initiatives. This role is central to ensuring accurate, timely and well-controlled financial information across all group entities, supporting statutory reporting and managing audits.

Key Responsibilities

1. Group Reporting

• Prepare monthly entity-level and consolidated Management Accounts
• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, identifying and explaining key movements
• Own and coordinate the month-end close process across the group
• Ensure consistency of reporting standards

2. Financial Control

Balance Sheet Reconciliation

• Maintain balance sheet reconciliation schedules for group entities, ensuring all balances are supported and substantiated
• Draft and post journals in line with group accounting policies
• Monitor and resolve reconciling items on a timely basis

Accounting Policy & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with group accounting policies and relevant financial reporting standards
• Identify and escalate areas of accounting policy risk or judgement

Audit Support

• Act as a key point of contact for external auditors during interim and year-end audits
• Prepare audit schedules, respond to audit queries and manage audit timetables
• Support the resolution of audit findings and implementation of recommendations

Statutory Accounts Support

• Support preparation of statutory financial statements for group entities
• Liaise with external accountants/auditors on statutory reporting requirements as needed

3. Intercompany

• Own intercompany accounting processes across the group
• Perform intercompany reconciliations, ensuring balances agree between entities and discrepancies are investigated and resolved
• Maintain and apply intercompany recharge methodology consistently across the group
• Identify and implement improvements to intercompany recharge and reconciliation processes

4. Finance Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy and control of finance processes, particularly around reporting, reconciliations and recharges
• Support the design and implementation of process improvements, including automation where appropriate
• Document and maintain process notes/procedures for key areas of responsibility

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
• Experience working in a similar creative, advertising, media, marketing agency or similar environment.
• Experience working within a group/multi-entity structure
• Experience managing a P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
• Experience managing auditors and supporting audit processes (interim and year-end)
• Comfortable consolidating accounts across multiple entities and markets
• Experience with consolidation and month-end reporting processes
• Paprika experience preferred; strong experience with other consolidation/ERP systems will also be considered

What We Offer

• Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Juno Wellbeing Credits
• Hybrid Working (London)
• £150 Home Office Setup Budget
• Night Key Membership
• Birthday Leave
• Learning & Development Budget