Senior Management Accountant

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

This Senior Management Accountant role will be responsible for producing accurate and timely financial information across the group structure. The successful candidate will provide continuous review and challenge to existing processes and will be expected to interrogate financial data independently within a role that combines BAU tasks with exciting project based work. 

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 the standards required and within published timetables.
• Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns
• Manage and develop the direct reports, including carrying out Performance and Development
• reviews on a regular basis, and ensuring individuals are trained and supported to be able to carry out their roles and provide a high level of service to the divisions.
• 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.
• Be involved in key projects within the Finance Team and the Group as directed.

What skills will you need?

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or equivalent.
• Experience of accounting processes in a large/high volume organisation.
• Positive attitude and desire to take responsibility for an exceptional level of customer service provided by the finance team.
• Demonstrate an ability to identify and implement continuous process improvement
• You should be able to provide clear evidence of working to and meeting deadlines in a pressurised environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working 
• 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.