Management Accountant

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working with a reputable Sheffield-based organisation who are looking to recruit a Management Accountant on an initial 12 month contract.

This South Yorkshire-based role will be pivotal in ensuring the effective operation of Management Accounts function throughout the organisation, whilst driving efficiency and process improvements. This opportunity will suit a candidate who enjoys autonomy and possesses a strong technical skillset with the capability of working closely with various stakeholders.

What will you be doing?

• Ensure that accrual, prepayment, deferred and accrued income balances, allocations and other financial transactions are correctly posted with supporting reconciliations, to support the delivery of accurate and complete monthly management accounts to strict deadlines.
• Analyse, calculate and prepare financial information, including detailed breakdowns of accrual, prepayment, deferred and accrued income balances, liaising with budget holders where necessary.
• Maintain and develop accurate and timely reports, in collaboration with operational and finance teams, facilitating the measurement and monitoring of key areas of performance across the organisation.
• Support the preparation of financial forecasts and budgets, liaising with finance business partners and operational teams to provide accurate information.
• Review performance data, analyse material variances and follow up explanations and resolution with stakeholders
• Support the preparation of the year end financial statements and the statutory audit, liaising with and providing information to the auditors where necessary.
• Develop good working relationships with budget holders and other finance teams, in order to support them in day to day financial and process matters
• Review and document financial processes and controls, making recommendations for change where necessary.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong experience working in a Management Accountant role for a medium/large business
• Experience of working with large, complex finance data sets, managing month and year-end processes.
• Confident communicator with the ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders across the organisation.
• Strong Excel skills.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid, flexible working.
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing with length of service.
• Enhanced pension - matched up to 8%
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon 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.