Legal Counsel - Financial Regulatory

Macildowie Associates; Draycott; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A long-established SME in Draycott is looking for an Accounts Manager to oversee finance and operational duties. The role offers a supportive team environment featuring opportunities for management accounting training and a chance to contribute significantly in a small-business setting.

Benefits

Opportunity for management accounting responsibilities

Stable and supportive team

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a finance/office management role.
• High level of accuracy and diligence.
• Positive, friendly attitude.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for sales invoicing and after-sales support.
• Manage payroll preparation and banking duties.
• Support team functions during holidays/illness.

Skills

Proactive mindset

Accuracy

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Qualified by Experience (QBE)

Finance/Office management role experience

Tools

Exchequer

Job description

Accounts Manager
Location: Draycott, Derby
Salary: £28,000 - £33,000 (Depending on Experience)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (Office-based)

Macildowie are proud to be working in exclusive partnership with a long-established SME based in Draycott, Derby to recruit a proactive and adaptable Accounts Manager.

About the Company:

Our client is a respected, close-knit business with approximately 55 employees, operating in a dynamic and flexible environment. They're now looking to recruit an experienced and hands-on Accounts Manager to support a variety of essential finance and operational duties.

This is an incredibly varied role, ideal for someone who thrives in a small-business setting where your impact is both visible and valued. The successful candidate will be joining a friendly and collaborative finance team, reporting directly into the Head of Finance

The Role:

The Accounts Manager will be responsible for a broad range of duties across finance and office support, including:

• Sales Invoicing: Generating and managing customer invoices
• After-Sales Support: Issuing credit notes, liaising with the sales team, conducting credit analysis
• Payroll Prep: Preparing payroll data for an outsourced provider, reviewing data and final checks
• Banking Duties: Setting up and reviewing payments, posting cash, supporting cashflow forecasting
• Invoice Discounting Facility: Uploading invoices, reconciling monthly reports, audit preparation
• Accounts Payable: Processing supplier invoices
• Team Support: Working with team to ensure tasks are completed by supporting and covering other finance functions such as credit control and admin during holidays/illness.

Progression Opportunity:

There is real potential for the successful candidate to take on elements of management accounts over time, as the company is currently reviewing and streamlining internal processes. Training will be provided, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their finance skillset.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Demonstrable experience in a finance/office management role
• Proactive mindset - someone who takes initiative and enjoys problem-solving
• High level of accuracy and diligence
• Positive, friendly attitude and excellent communication skills

Desirable (Not Essential):

• Background in an SME environment (but not required)
• Experience with systems such as Exchequer
• Payroll exposure
• QBE (Qualified by Experience) highly welcomed

Why This Role?

• Join a stable and supportive team in a people-focused business
• Make a tangible difference in a varied, hands-on role
• Real opportunity to grow into management accounting responsibilities
• Enjoy the culture and flexibility of a small business where your voice is heard

Next Steps:

If you're looking for a rewarding new challenge where your skills, proactivity, and commitment will be recognised and appreciated, apply now or reach out to Macildowie for a confidential conversation.

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.