Finance Manager - Commercial

Sewell Wallis is partnering with a Manchester private equity-backed group that is operating at scale across commercial property and construction, whose growth is driven by extensive acquisition investment each year. Based out of high-spec offices in Stockport, this is an opportunity to join a tech-driven and innovative organisation that values progress and performance.

Their finance function is growing, offering high internal mobility. Benefits include an enhanced pension and a market-leading bonus scheme, as well as the progression opportunities that come with working in a scaling organisation. You’ll work a hybrid working pattern with three days based out of the office. This is an unmissable opportunity for you if you’re an ambitious finance professional looking to grow.

The purpose of the role?

To support/lead on the high volume of ad hoc transactions that occur around the business, ranging from acquisitions, disposals, exit preparation, restructures and refinancing. The role reports to the Head of Project Accounting and involves working very closely with multiple stakeholders in the business, including the wider Financial Reporting Team, Legal, Capital Markets, Property Accounting, Tax, FP&A, and Asset Management.

What will you be doing?

• Lead on the accounting for property acquisitions and disposals, ensuring transaction mechanics are correctly reflected across all relevant legal entities. 
• Lead on the accounting for annual property revaluation processes, including review of entity-level accounting impacts and supporting reconciliations. 
• Build and maintain robust Excel models that capture the accounting effects of restructures, debt transactions, distributions, capitalisations and other corporate events through complex group structures. 
• Analyse and document transaction flows through multi-tier corporate structures, including holding companies, subsidiaries, partnerships, trusts and other investment vehicles. 
• Review legal documentation, including SPAs, loan facility agreements, shareholder agreements, intercompany loan documents, board minutes, distribution paperwork and trust or partnership documentation, to determine the appropriate accounting treatment. 
• Advise the wider accounting team on complex transactions, including providing training, technical guidance and review of financial outputs for accuracy and consistency. 
• Collaborate with financial and non-financial stakeholders to provide accounting advice and analysis to management on ad-hoc transactions. 
• Participate in legal entity reporting projects and wider finance transformation initiatives. 
• Investigate and resolve accounting issues, including unusual balances, unreconciled intercompany positions, inconsistent entity records and unsupported transaction postings. 

What skills do we need?

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
• 5+ years post-qualified experience, ideally in group accounting, project accounting, corporate finance, real estate, private equity, infrastructure or another complex multi-entity environment.
• Track record of working in a complex matrix organisation with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
• High exposure to complex corporate events, acquisitions, disposals, refinancings or other transaction-led accounting work.
• Experience producing audit-ready reconciliations, transaction summaries and technical accounting support.
• Strong understanding of corporate legal structures and the interaction between accounting, legal, tax and commercial considerations. 
• Demonstrable experience accounting for complex group structures and intercompany funding arrangements. 
• Strong technical understanding of intercompany loans, capital contributions, capitalisations, distributions and equity transactions. 

What’s on offer?

This business offers a market-leading benefits package with a whole list of attractive perks. Their offices are extremely modern, and they live and breathe a collaborate/wellbeing first culture. They put on unrivalled company summer and Christmas dos, plus many other benefits including (but not limited to).

• Salary of £70,000
• Extremely attractive personal performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Hybrid working pattern
• Free parking pass

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To apply, please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry. We offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance, from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.