Financial Accountant - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Red Gate Software Limited

Job Overview

Location

Cambridge

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• At a glance, this is a hands-on technical accounting role at the heart of Redgate's finance function.
• The Financial Accountant will support month end close, lead on revenue queries, and act as the bridge between our Finance Operations and FP&A teams.
• You'll be the go-to person for technical accounting questions, helping the team stay aligned with best practice.
• You'll work closely with the Financial Operations team, Financial Controller and the FP&A team, with visibility across group reporting, and external audit.
• You'll take ownership of key monthly reconciliations, controls documentation, and process improvements that shape how the finance function operates.
• You'll prepare monthly group consolidations, multi-entity reporting and cashflows under FRS 102.
• This is a 12-month fixed-term contract covering a period of maternity leave.
• The salary range is £50-60k.
• You'll work in a team that values technical rigour, collaboration, and quality, not just getting the numbers done.
• There's real scope to grow your skills and impact, with clear pathways and support.
• We value sustainable ways of working and give people time to improve how we do things, not just deliver against deadlines.

🎯 Requirements

• You're ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with a solid grounding in financial laws and regulations including the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102, and IFRS.
• You have strong Excel skills, including SUMIFS, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and nested formulae.
• You have hands-on experience producing monthly management accounts, including profit and loss and balance sheet reconciliations.
• You can explain finance issues clearly to non-finance audiences and build strong working relationships across teams.
• You're comfortable making judgement calls in complex or ambiguous situations, and you know how to prioritise what matters most.
• You're data driven, detail focused, and confident working both independently and as part of a team.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary range: £50-60k.
• Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office.
• Monthly wellbeing allowance and generous paid time off.
• Annual Bonus Scheme.
• Genuine investment in learning, development, and career progression.
• Private health insurance.
• See our full benefits page https://www.redgate.com/careers

Skills & Technologies

Hybrid

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About Red Gate Software Limited

UK-based software company founded in 1999. Develops database DevOps tools for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL. Product portfolio spans database version control, deployment automation, monitoring, cloning and data masking. Serves 800,000+ users across 200,000 organizations including 91% of Fortune 100 companies. Headquartered in Cambridge, England, with additional offices in Pasadena, Austin and Brisbane. Focuses on enabling database professionals to adopt agile practices, reduce risk and accelerate delivery of database changes.

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