Group Accountant

SubSea Craft Limited


Date: 5 hours ago
City: Portsmouth
Contract type: Full time
  • Salary: £65,000- £70,000 DOE
  • Full Time
  • Permanent

Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What We Offer

  • Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Wellbeing Day - An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
  • Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
  • Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
  • Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
  • Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
  • Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
  • Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

Role Purpose

The Group Accountant will play a key role in the financial reporting, consolidation, tax & treasury, and control of a growing international group operating across four countries. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate group reporting, compliance with local and international tax regulations & accounting standards, and supporting senior finance leadership with insight, analysis, and process improvement.

Responsibilities Will Include

  • Group Reporting & Consolidation - Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidated financial statements
  • Tax and Treasury - Prepare and maintain Transfer Pricing policies and documentation
  • Statutory Accounting & Compliance - Support local Finance Leads with statutory accounting and audits
  • Intercompany & Controls - Ensure intercompany balances are agreed and differences resolved promptly
  • Process Improvement & Systems - Drive continuous improvement in group reporting processes
  • Stakeholder Support - Work closely with local finance teams in each country

Qualifications And Experience

  • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
  • Strong demonstrable experience in global tax and treasury
  • Solid knowledge of IFRS (or group-adopted accounting standards)
  • Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Demonstrable experience working with multi-entity, multi-currency environments
  • Strong demonstrable experience in group accounting and consolidation

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*

Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

What We Expect From You

  • Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
  • Initiative and independent working
  • Honesty and integrity
  • Business and commercial awareness
  • Agility, adaptability and continuous development

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

  • Please note that all offers of employment are conditional and subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence and reference checks. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. We will consider criminal record information alongside the wider range of evidence gathered at the application, interview, and pre-employment checking stages.

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