Group Management Accountant

Salary/Rate:£48500 - £51500 per annum + Hybrid, ASAP start, Pension
Job type:Contract
Location:Chesterfield, Derbyshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Group Accountant for a Public Sector organisation in Chesterfield, North Derbyshire, for a 6-month interim contract, looking to start ASAP.

This Group Accountant role will be focusing on Financial Management, overseeing a team of 4 whilst leading on the development, implementation and maintenance of the financial processes and models to provide financial information and assist with financial planning and decision making.

What will you be doing?

  • Monthly forecasting, including the monitoring of delivery of savings, income projections and reserves.
  • Collection fund accounting.
  • Financial Planning, development and implementation of effective budget processes.
  • Support the delivery of financial training and advice to non-financial staff.
  • Ensure that all financial activities comply with statutory requirements and accounting standards.
  • The Group Accountant will develop and maintain financial systems with data integrity, supporting the design of effective quality financial information.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Qualified Accountant - either ACA, ACCA, CIMA
  • Public sector industry experience
  • Experience working in a Group structure
  • Team management experience, ideally a team of 2+
  • The ability to travel to Chesterfield for a 6 month period.

What's on offer?

  • Salary of £48,500-£51,500 FTE
  • Hybrid working
  • Pension contributions
  • Can be paid via payroll or limited company
  • 6-month interim contract with immediate start
  • Opportunity for exposure to the public sector industry
  • Central location with good transport links in Chesterfield

Send us your CV below or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

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.

Job ref: IE/5856Post Date: 08.05.25

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