Senior Management Accountant
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About the Role
Sewell Wallis are recruiting for an experienced Senior Management Accountant to join a well-established organisation based in Harrogate. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys combining strong management accounts with driving continuous improvement.
Alongside producing accurate and timely financial information across a varied business portfolio, you'll play a key role in a number of exciting finance transformation initiatives. The team is focused on streamlining processes, improving controls, and introducing automation to create greater efficiencies across the finance function. You'll have the opportunity to get involved in projects that challenge existing ways of working, identify opportunities for improvement, and help shape how the finance team operates in the future.
This role would suit a Senior Accountant who is naturally proactive, enjoys analysing processes, and is motivated by finding smarter, more efficient ways of working. If you thrive in an environment where you can make a genuine impact while developing your career within a supportive and forward-thinking finance team, we'd love to hear from you.
What will you be doing?
- Assist in the production of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and delivery within agreed deadlines.
- Prepare, review and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns.
- Manage, coach and develop direct reports, conducting regular performance and development reviews.
- Build strong working relationships with finance colleagues and key stakeholders across the business.
- Support internal and external audit requirements and year-end reporting.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and controls, helping to streamline reporting activities.
- Maintain and update finance procedures and process documentation.
- Contribute to finance and business improvement projects as required.
- Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role to support the wider finance team.
What skills are we looking for?
- CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification (or equivalent).
- Experience working within a large or high-volume finance environment.
- Strong management accounting knowledge.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to challenge and improve existing processes
- Experience managing a small team.
What's on offer?
- Competitive salary of up to £55,000
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase additional annual leave
- Life assurance (3x salary)
- Health cash plan
- Structured learning and development opportunities
- Long service recognition
- Modern office based in Harrogate, with on-site parking and excellent public transport links
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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 vast 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, as well as human resources or business support positions.