Senior Management Accountant

The Senior Management Accountant will lead a team with the preparation of the monthly management accounts. You will produce analysis to forecast, and oversee preparation of reporting packs to deliver insightful analysis on results to senior stakeholders. You will act as a business partner to the team, ensuring that results are reported on a timely and accurate basis and trends and deviations from forecasts are full understood.

Client Details

This is a reputable financial services business in Manchester city centre who offer a hybrid working arrangement.

Description

The successful Senior Management Accountant will:

• Lead on the preparation, governance, and maintenance of the management accounts for Financial Services, ensuring accurate accounting records are produced and reported to key stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Review detailed managements accounts; provide in-depth analytical review, specifically comparing performance versus prior period & budget, with narrative and explanations of trends.
• Resolve and communicate reasons for key variances each month to the wider Finance team, senior management and other stakeholders.
• Have oversight and review of the preparation of the financial services weekly KPI reports.
• Analyse and communicate trends in weekly KPIs to senior stakeholders.
• Support on review production of FCA reporting requirements
• Be responsible for producing reporting packs for monthly committee meetings, including presenting key results and confidently explaining trends.
• Provide hands on support for establishing balance sheet control across the division, including regular detailed review of balance sheets with significant focus on material balances to identify balance sheet risks.
• Create a strong control environment across all areas on financial services finance, ensuring that there is 'one source of the truth' and that reports utilised are accurate and consistent.
• Develop and evolve month end reporting and analysis to better communicate financial performance to key stakeholders.
• Lead and be the key audit contact for the financial services audit process, including interim and year end coordination, and preparation of relevant technical papers.
• Support ongoing non-business as usual project work within the finance team as and when required, including projects relating to inventory financial management.
• Line manage a management accountant, encouraging learning and development, setting objectives, coaching, and providing constructive feedback through regular one-to-one meetings.

Profile

The successful Senior Management Accountant should have:

• A professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Proven expertise in financial reporting and management accounting experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in financial software.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for process improvement.

Job Offer

• A competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000.
• Annual bonus up to 25%.
• Leading pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution.
• Hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the Manchester office.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Life Assurance.
• Private Medical Insurance.

If you are interested in more details then please contact Ben Copsey at Michael Page or apply via the link below for more details.