Interim Management Accountant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A growing service sector business in Harrogate is seeking a Management Accountant for a 12-month contract to cover maternity leave. The role involves thorough analysis of operational costs and supporting divisional teams, requiring strong analytical and interpersonal skills. Benefits include a salary up to £60,000, life assurance, and private medical insurance with opportunities for hybrid working.

Benefits

Salary of up to £60,000

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• 5 years post qualification experience, ideally in management accounts.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Comfortable manipulating large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure opex costs are accurately stated in the monthly management accounts.
• Present monthly opex reconciliations to divisional heads.
• Maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations.
• Handle opex audit queries.
• Develop relationships with key business areas.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Excellent inter-personal skills

Commercial awareness

Ability to work to deadlines

Excellent IT skills (particularly Excel)

Analytical skills

Close attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Sewell Wallis are currently working on behalf of our client, a growing service sector business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, as they look to recruit a Management Accountant on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The primary aim of this role is to become a subject matter expert in the Company's opex costs, providing in-depth analysis every month of costs to support the Divisional Teams. The role will require the successful individual to develop a detailed understanding of all areas of the business.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring that opex costs are correctly coded to divisions and accurately stated in the monthly management accounts
• Presentation of monthly opex reconciliations to both divisional heads and Finance Director
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date balance sheet reconciliations
• Audit responsibility for opex queries
• Ad hoc projects and financial analysis
• Develop positive working relationships with other key areas of the business including Commercial Finance and Accounts Payable

What skills do we need?

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with 5 years post qualification experience, ideally in management accounts
• Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external contacts at all levels
• Commercial awareness and ability to see the bigger picture
• Ability to work to deadlines, effectively communicating progress
• Ability to work on own initiative and proactively solve any issues identified
• Excellent IT skills (particularly Excel)
• Analytical skills and comfortable manipulating large data sets
• Close attention to detail, ensuring consistency of financial information across reporting areas

What’s on offer?

• Salary of up to £60,000
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Hybrid working

How to apply

Apply below or for more information, contact Kayley. 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.