Balance Sheet and Control Accountant

MWH Treatment; Hyde; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water sector provider in England is looking for a Balance Sheet and Control Accountant to enhance their Finance team. This role involves preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and providing comprehensive variance explanations to senior management. Candidates must be qualified accountants with strong analytical skills and experience in data extraction from ERP systems. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid work options, and various employee benefits including health insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Car/car allowance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant status required.
• Experience in large complex business finance teams preferred.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Develop templates for reconciliation of complex accounts.
• Compile supporting evidence for external audits.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Pro-active and motivated

Communication skills

MS Office skills, especially Excel

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our Finance team with a Balance Sheet and Control Accountant based at Hattersley with hybrid working available. The role will report directly to the Financial Accountant and the main purpose of the role is that of promoting a continuous improvement environment with responsibility for providing balance sheet analysis, reconciliation and optimisation. This will support accounts submissions for both MWH Treatment Ltd and Group Finance. This role requires a sound understanding of accounting principles, ledger reconciliation practices, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare comprehensive explanations for variances and key risks for presentation to senior finance management
• Develop existing Excel templates needed for the analysis and reconciliation of complex accounts
• Maintain and manage reporting for balance sheet reports and analytics
• Responsible for the compilation of supporting evidence for external audits
• Work across the business to ensure the timely and accurate return of audit sampling requests
• Reconciliation and review of the business Intra and inter company accounts
• Assisting with the preparation of financial reports
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation of reconciliation processes and procedures
• Identify areas where controls and procedures can be improved in the preparation of the account reconciliations and propose solutions
• Undertake other duties, training and/or hours of work as may reasonably be required, consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant
• Pro‑active, highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Attention to detail.
• Organised approach to working with good time management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Experience of data extraction from ERP systems
• Confident working closely with cross‑functional teams
• Ability to manage challenging situations
• Effective communication skills
• Strong MS Office skills especially Excel

Desirable

• Experience working in a large complex business
• Experience in a multifaceted finance team
• Strong understanding of financial accounting principles and practices
• Experience with finance and accounting issues, Challenging approach
• Finance systems awareness
• Detail Focus
• Analytical
• Structured approach
• Strong communication skills and relationship development

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long‑term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills. As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex‑veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

A competitive salary
Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme
Life Assurance
Health Insurance
Private Medical Insurance
And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc.