Management Accountant

Salary/Rate:£35,000 - £40,000 per annum plus Hybrid Working and Study Support
Job type:Perm
Location:Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Business Sector:Accountancy & Finance
Job ref:LB/6918
Post Date:September 24, 2026
Short description:
Sewell Wallis are working exclusively with a well established business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which has an opportunity for a Management Accountant to join their team.
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Meet Our Recruiter

Lawrie Bacon
Lawrie Bacon
Assistant Manager | Part & Newly Qualified Finance

About the Role

Sewell Wallis are working exclusively with a well established business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which has an opportunity for a Management Accountant to join their team.

This Management Accountant role will be responsible for producing accurate and timely financial information across the Group’s divisional portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity for a part qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA candidate who has ambitions to be fully qualified within the next few years and progress into a more senior role.

If you want to play a fundamental role in the central Finance team of a successful and ambitious company, this could be the career opportunity for you.

What will you be doing?

  • Assist the team in the production of the management accounts, ensuring they are produced to a high quality and within published timetables
  • Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with Divisional finance teams and other Group functions
  • Assist in the compilation of data to support external and internal audit requirements and other information required for year end reporting, identifying efficiencies and improvements where annual processes can be streamlined into monthly tasks
  • Review, suggest improvements, and assist in the implementation of changes to the processes and controls around all aspects of finance
  • Ensure appropriate procedure notes are maintained, updated and documented for all areas of responsibility
  • Be involved in key projects within the Finance Team and the Group as directed

What skills will you need?

  • Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA 
  • Experience of accounting processes in a large/high volume organisation
  • Experience of influencing outside of your own team

What's on offer?

  • Hybrid working 
  • Full study support package
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays 
  • Flexible working hours
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Company Rewards Programme 
  • Healthcare and Life Assurance Plan
  • Salary sacrifice pension 

Please apply below, or for more information, contact Lawrie Bacon. 

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.

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