Accountant

Search; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Liverpool is seeking a detail-oriented Accountant for a full-time role, offering hybrid working options. The successful candidate will contribute to financial reporting, compliance, and analysis, playing a key role in organisational decisions. Ideal candidates will possess a recognised accounting qualification and strong technical expertise.

Benefits

25 + 8 days bank holidays

Buy/sell holiday scheme

Pension

Excellent salary sacrifice scheme

Hybrid working options

Qualifications

• Recognised accounting qualification or progress towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA required.
• Technical expertise across financial and management accounting principles essential.
• Proactive, organised, and deadline-driven candidate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage monthly and period-end financial reports.
• Analyse budget vs actual costs and support forecasting.
• Ensure compliance and oversee statutory requirements.

Skills

Technical expertise in financial accounting

Technical expertise in management accounting

Advanced Excel skills

Data analysis skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Search are seeking a technically strong Accountant with solid experience in both financial accounting and management accounting to join a well–established organisation in Liverpool on a full–time, permanent basis with hybrid working options.

This role requires a hands–on, detail–oriented professional who can deliver accurate financial reporting and insightful analysis to support statutory requirements and internal business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and manage monthly and period–end financial reports
• Analyse budget vs actual costs
• Support forecasting and cash flow management
• Inter–company reconciliations and maintain balance sheet
• Oversee payroll accounting entries and related reconciliations
• Support statutory compliance
• Tax returns and financial statement preparation
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets
• Respond efficiently to financial queries from stakeholders
• Review and process supplier and expense payments
• Contribute to finance projects

The ideal candidate will have:

• A recognised accounting qualification or working towards (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong technical expertise across financial and management accounting principles
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills to interact confidently across the organisation
• A proactive, organised and deadline–driven approach

The benefits include:

• 45,000– 50,000 (depending on experience)
• 25 + 8 days bank holidays
• Buy/sell holiday scheme
• Pension
• Hybrid working options
• Excellent salary sacrifice scheme

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.