--- title: 'Financial Accountant - 12 month Fixed Term Contract at Redgate' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/financial-accountant-12-month-fixed-term-contract-redgate-cambridge-dyx6eyqp30g7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Financial Accountant - 12 month Fixed Term Contract at Redgate - **Company:** Redgate - **Location:** Cambridge, MA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/red-gate/0d0ba8a9-81a6-4f22-9ec7-041835cb0ff7 ## Job description At a glance Location: Cambridge In-office expectation: Once a week Employment type: Fixed-term contract – 12 months this is covering a period of maternity leave Salary: £50-60k ## Why this role exists As Redgate grows, our finance team needs to stay ahead of increasing regulatory complexity and reporting demands. This role gives our Financial Controller a trusted technical accounting partner, someone who can lead on compliance, strengthen our controls, and make sure our financial reporting stays accurate and audit-ready while the business scales. ## About Redgate Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust, accountability, and collaboration. We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases their organisations depend on, a space that's only becoming more critical as systems scale, data regulations increase, and AI adoption accelerates. AI at Redgate By 2028, Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company — domain experts amplified by AI, delivering customer value at a pace our peers can't match. AI handles the heavy lifting. Our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude, giving you access to the best AI tools from day one Why join our finance team? - 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. ## About the role This is a hands-on technical accounting role at the heart of Redgate's finance function. You'll support month end close, lead on revenue queries, and act as the bridge between our Finance Operations and FP&A teams, balancing statutory rigour with the needs of the wider business. - 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. What makes you a great fit - 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. ## What we offer 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 What happens next? Your application will be reviewed by a person. We don't use AI or automated tools to assess applications, and every profile is read by one of our Talent Partners. You'll hear back within a few days. Whether it's a next step or a no, we aim to respond promptly so you're not left wondering. Our interview process is straightforward and consistent. You'll find more detail on our typical hiring process below, so you know what's coming and why. Belonging at Redgate We believe that people do their best work in an environment built on respect, fairness, and trust, and that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skill, potential, and alignment with our values. Read more about Belonging at Redgate https://www.redgate.com/careers/belonging ## About Redgate ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Redgate provides database management software that helps organizations automate, secure, and scale their database operations across the entire DevOps lifecycle. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped) - **Headquarters**: Cambridge, UK - **Founded**: 1999 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Database management software, Database DevOps, IT infrastructure - Target customers: B2B, Enterprise (92% of the Fortune 100 use Redgate) - Mission or purpose statement: "Puts businesses in control of their databases, supporting automation with confidence, enabling secure scaling and helping people to realize value and unlock growth through AI." ## Products & Services - **Redgate Flyway**: Database migration and version control tool (SaaS/self-hosted) for automating schema changes across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and more. - **Redgate Monitor**: Real-time multi-platform performance monitoring with alerts and diagnostics (SaaS/self-hosted). - **Redgate Test Data Manager**: Reliable and secure test data provisioning and data masking (SaaS/self-hosted). - **SQL Toolbelt**: A bundle of tools for SQL Server development, deployment, and management. - **Additional Solutions**: Database change management, AI data readiness, security and compliance, cloud migration and workload optimization, efficiency and cost optimization, productivity and workflow automation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: 200,000+ users worldwide, 92% of the Fortune 100 use Redgate tools; 806 product releases in the last year; 12 million people per year use Redgate educational resources. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (the company appears to be independently owned and bootstrapped). - **Growth Signals**: 500+ employees (“Redgaters”), continued hiring across engineering, sales, marketing, and support; strong brand recognition in the database community; recent focus on AI data readiness and cloud migration. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep specialization**: 25+ years of focus on database management with a comprehensive toolchain covering the entire lifecycle. - **Trust and adoption**: 92% of Fortune 100 companies use Redgate, indicating high enterprise trust and stickiness. - **Market leadership**: Industry leader in Database DevOps with a large user community and extensive educational resources. - **Certifications**: ISO 27001:2022 certified, providing security and compliance assurance. ## Strategic Focus - **AI data readiness**: Preparing reliable data foundations for AI initiatives. - **Cloud migration and modernization**: Helping customers move to cloud databases and optimize workloads. - **Automation and productivity**: Expanding Database DevOps automation to reduce errors and speed up releases. - **Continued product innovation**: Frequent releases (806 releases in the last year) show active R&D. ## Why Work Here - **Culture values**: “We’re reasonable,” “Ingeniously simple,” “Transparency helps us continually improve,” “We do our best work in teams.” Emphasis on trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement. - **Hybrid working**: Flexible hybrid model blending office (Cambridge, UK) and remote work; most teams spend at least one day a week in the office. - **Benefits**: - 25 days annual leave + extra day off for birthday (or other special day) + flexible public holidays - 6-week paid sabbatical every 5 years - Contributory pension up to 8% - Life and income protection, health and travel insurance (covers partners/families) - Wellbeing allowance + Unmind mental health app - Enhanced parental leave (maternity: 16 weeks full pay; paternity: 2 weeks full pay) - Training budget and clear career pathways - “Level Up” internal conference for skill development - **Engineering culture**: Opportunity to work on products used by the world’s largest companies; supportive, inclusive environment with focus on growth and impact. - **Dress for your day** and free drinks/snacks in the office. ## Sources 1. [Redgate - About Us](https://www.red-gate.com/our-company/) 2. [Redgate - Careers Overview](https://www.red-gate.com/our-company/careers/overview/) 3. [Redgate - Benefits](https://www.red-gate.com/our-company/careers/benefits/) 4. [Redgate - Current Opportunities](https://www.red-gate.com/our-company/careers/current-opportunities/) 5. [Redgate - Homepage & Products](https://www.red-gate.com/) 6. 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