Group Accountant

Location: Cheshire (Hybrid working available)
Salary: Up to 65,000 + benefits

An established, private equity-backed group based in Cheshire is seeking a Group Accountant to join its growing finance function. This is a high-impact role offering broad exposure across group reporting, consolidation, audit, and stakeholder engagement within a fast-paced, evolving environment.

The position goes beyond traditional financial reporting, offering the chance to influence processes, support commercial decision-making, and partner with senior non-finance stakeholders across the business.

• Ownership of the month-end close process across the group

• Preparation of group consolidations and statutory reporting

• Leading the external audit process, acting as the key point of contact

• Ensuring strong financial controls and compliance across group entities

• Driving process improvements to enhance reporting efficiency and accuracy

• Acting as a trusted business partner to operational and senior leadership teams

• Supporting ad-hoc projects aligned to business growth and transformation

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA) with a strong financial accounting background

• Trained in practice, ideally with some post-qualification experience in industry

  • Strong first-time movers from practice will also be considered

• Exposure to, or a strong interest in, group consolidations and reporting

• Confident communicator able to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders

• Proactive mindset with the ability to improve processes, not just maintain them

• Broad, visible role within a PE-backed group offering excellent career development

• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making

• Opportunity to shape and improve finance processes as the business continues to grow

• A role that blends technical excellence with commercial influence