Management Accountant

Salary/Rate:£50,000 - £52,500 plus Excellent Benefits
Job type:Perm
Location:Stockport, Greater Manchester
Business Sector:Accountancy & Finance
Job ref:SW6899
Post Date:August 27, 2026
Short description:
Sewell Wallis is partnering with a Manchester-based, PE-backed commercial property and construction group, which is looking to recruit a Management Accountant. This company is growing rapidly due to large investments in acquisitions, with more planned as they continue into 2026. They are forward-thinking and use state-of-the-art technology to stay ahead of the market, making them a truly exciting place to work.
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Meet Our Recruiter

Sue Wallis
Sue Wallis
Joint Managing Director | Senior & Exec HR & Business Support

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is partnering with a Manchester-based, PE-backed commercial property and construction group, which is looking to recruit a Management Accountant. This company is growing rapidly due to large investments in acquisitions, with more planned as they continue into 2026. They are forward-thinking and use state-of-the-art technology to stay ahead of the market, making them a truly exciting place to work.

Their finance team is expanding, as you’d expect with this kind of growth, which means there are real progression opportunities and genuine headroom for ambitious talent to flourish. Based in high-spec, modern offices, the package on offer for this Management Accountant role includes hybrid working, a market-leading bonus, an enhanced pension, among many other benefits.

What will you be doing? 

  • Monthly management accounts for holding companies and subsidiary entities (property companies) within Microsoft D365.
  • Monthly reporting packs to the senior management team to include detailed property variance analysis. This will require a working partnership with FP&A.
  • Support with all aspects of the month end close.
  • Monthly IFRS balance sheet reconciliations for all entities.
  • Preparation and posting of journals.
  • Assisting the Finance Manager in the creation and maintenance of the quarterly consolidation reports.
  • Lease accounting and detailed income analysis.
  • Property accounting.
  • Monthly intercompany reconciliations, including direct liaison with other management accountants to agree balances.
  • Annual statutory accounts preparation for holding companies and subsidiary entities.
  • Supporting the year-end audit, resolving queries with accompanying evidence, etc
  • Involvement in the ERP testing.
  • Quarterly VAT and monthly CIS reporting. This includes HMRC filing. 

What skills do we need?

  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
  • Good understanding of IFRS accounting principles
  • Excellent communicator with finance and non-finance team members
  • Excellent systems ability
  • On top of this, a property background would be a distinct advantage

What’s on offer?

  • Salary of £52,500
  • Bonus
  • Pension
  • Hybrid working
  • Life insurance
  • Health insurance

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Sue.

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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