Group Reporting Accountant

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.

Quilter oversees £157.4 billion in customer investments (as of August 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level - 4

Department- Finance

Location - Southampton

Contract - Permanent

As a Senior Group Reporting Accountant, you will play a key role in delivering accurate and timely financial and regulatory reporting across Quilter Group and its subsidiary entities. Working within the Financial and Regulatory Reporting team in Group Finance, you will support the preparation of statutory financial statements and regulatory returns, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting, you will help maintain the integrity and quality of Quilter’s external reporting framework while contributing to ongoing improvements in reporting processes and controls.

Key responsibilities

Preparing statutory financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (“UK GAAP”).

Preparing regulatory returns.

Completing reporting, disclosure, consolidation and control processes for month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting cycles for both financial and regulatory reporting to a high quality and within deadlines.

Working as part of a team to safeguard the quality of Quilter’s financial and regulatory reporting by ensuring appropriate reporting systems, processes, procedures and controls are in place.

Working with Technology to help maintain the general ledger account hierarchies within Workday and business processes relating to financial and regulatory reporting.

Providing information and explanations to the Group’s external auditors.

About You

You will have

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with strong post qualification experience in financial and regulatory reporting

Good knowledge and understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP

Practical experience of financial reporting processes and controls

Excellent organisation and planning skills

Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering accurate, high quality reporting

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships

Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to change in a complex and changing environment

Experience of process improvement and reporting simplification activity

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Desirable

Experience of reporting in the UK financial services industry

Experience of consolidated reporting

Experience of regulatory reporting under the Investment Firms Prudential Regime

Experience of regulatory reporting under Solvency II

Experience of working with large, complex data sets

Experience of the financial and regulatory reporting software being used by Quilter (including CDM and Workday)

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Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities. Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures. Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation. Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary.

Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.