Management Accountant

Stericycle; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a detail-oriented Management Accountant to join their finance team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting across UK locations. You'll collaborate with various business units and engage with stakeholders to provide insights into financial performance. This position offers a hybrid working model, requiring a minimum of two days in the Leeds office, and presents an opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on health and environmental sustainability. If you're ready to elevate your career in a dynamic environment, this role is for you.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee support fund

Online library for self-development

Annual performance related pay review

Referral Scheme

Flu voucher

Eye Test voucher

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years as a Management Accountant with strong communication skills.
• Experience in journal entry and balance sheet reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close process and ensure compliance with accounting policies.
• Prepare financial reports and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

CIMA/ACCA qualification

Financial reporting

US GAAP

SOX compliance

P&L variance analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Education

Degree in Finance

Tools

Finance systems expertise

Excel

Job description

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About Us

About Us

Stericycle is now part of WM!!! To learn more about WM's acquisition of Stericycle, CLICK HERE to read the press release!

Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity.

Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

Position Purpose

As our Management Accountant, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring that the month-end close process is executed accurately and on time for all our UK locations.

You’ll work as part of our finance team in the corporate head office where you’ll get the opportunity every day to demonstrate your detail-oriented focus and your excellent communication skills.

• We offer this role with hybrid working in mind, however please note that you should ensure you are able to comfortably commute to our Leeds head office a minimum of 2 days per week. To ensure we maintain a level of commitment to life balance, candidates with a perceived commuting time of more than 60 minutes may not be considered.
  
  

Key Job Activities

• You’ll be focusing on monthly closing and reporting of books and records, related account reconciliations, cost accruals, analysis of financial statement variances, whilst ensuring compliance with US GAAP, SOX and Stericycle accounting policies.
• You’ll prepare in a timely and accurate manner the accounting information and processes to support monthly reporting to the US parent company, statutory accounts, and tax returns. That means, you’ll work diligently to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and efficiency of financial information and translate it into robust and accurate reporting.
• You’ll communicate regularly with stakeholders to ensure efficient and accurate reporting and you’ll also be collaborating with various business units to have a thorough understanding of reporting requirements and business needs.
• You’ll prepare complex journals, balance sheet reconciliations, and US reporting packages. You will also undertake balance sheet and P&L reviews, including variance analysis, to provide meaningful insights into the company's financial performance.
• You’ll collaborate with internal and external audit and tax teams, making sure we are being compliant.
• You’ll work closely with the FP&A Team and Commercial Finance to understand P&L drivers and movements in the month, as well as overall business performance.
  
  

Education

Required Education: in Finance

Experience (EMEAA)

• You’ll have a CIMA/ACCA qualification.
• You'll have at least two years of experience working in a Management Accountant role.
• You'll have a proven track record of team leadership and excellent communication and presentation skills, this means you're confident working with people at all levels of the organization, and you can explain financial information in a way that non-financial professionals can understand.
• You have practical experience in journal entry, balance sheet reconciliation, and a solid understanding of US GAAP/IFRS and SOX requirements.
• You're comfortable with P&L variance analysis, reviewing costs, and providing commentary for FP&A and senior management.
• You have advanced IT skills, including expertise with Excel (including basic formulas, pivots tables, “if” statements, lookups as a minimum), as well as finance system expertise. You're also comfortable researching emerging or complex accounting or reporting issues and staying up to date with industry trends and best practices.
  
  

Benefits

Stericycle offers you:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to SteriCares, our employee support fund
• Stericycle University – Our online library of self-development & learning
• Annual performance related pay review.
• Referral Scheme (Earn by introducing people in your network to the Stericycle family)
• Flu voucher
• Eye Test voucher
• And more…
  
  

Disclaimer

The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Environmental Services and Hospitals and Health Care

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