Management Accountant

Lowell Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the finance sector is seeking a Management Accountant to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll be pivotal in preparing and analyzing financial statements, ensuring accuracy in reconciliations, and supporting audits. The company values its employees and offers a supportive environment for personal and professional growth. With a focus on flexibility and well-being, this position not only promises a competitive salary but also a range of benefits designed to enhance your work-life balance. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Discretionary Annual Bonus

Flexible Working Options

Free Parking

28 Days Holiday

Life Assurance

Wellbeing Support

Self-Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with intercompany reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Ability to analyze large data sets and explain variances.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze P&L accounts and Balance Sheets.
• Manage intercompany reconciliations and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Reconciliation Experience

Data Analysis

Financial Services Background

Adaptability

Tools

Oracle

SAP

ERP Systems

Job description

Management Accountant
Location: Leeds, Thorpe Park, Hybrid working.

We're on a mission to make credit work better for all. We buy debt from lots of different companies in all kinds of sectors. We treat people with dignity, helping customers pay off their Lowell debt in practical and affordable ways. According to The Sunday Times, we're one of the best places to work in the UK.

Our people make us great. We celebrate and share success, learn from failure, embrace change, and savour challenge. Join us, and from day one you'll have a voice in one of the most dynamic companies in the UK finance sector.

Your new role with Lowell: As Management Accountant, you'll be responsible for preparing, developing, and analysing relevant P&L accounts and Balance Sheets. You will develop a deep understanding of the actuals and be able to explain root causes of variances to budget/forecast/prior year.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

1. P & L and Balance Sheet intercompany reconciliations
2. Review accounting entries and reconciliations to ensure that entries have been accurately processed giving a robust balance sheet position
3. Managing the Intercompany Matrix, investigating and correcting imbalances
4. Adherence to Transfer Pricing rules both in-region and cross-region
5. Government reporting, such as HMRC VAT invoice reporting
6. Liaising with Treasury/AP/AR teams to ensure timely payments are made and are allocated appropriately
7. Liaising with the Treasury Operational Accountant to ensure loan balances are correctly reflected in the books
8. Liaising with Treasury to ensure internal Revolving Cash Facilities (RCF's) are managed and accounted for accurately, in accordance with group interest rates
9. Support with Internal and external group and statutory audits, to provide timely, informative data

What we need from you:

1. Previous reconciliation experience is essential
2. Experience or understanding of Intercompany
3. Financial Services background and transfer pricing experience is desirable
4. An ability to interrogate / analyse large data sets
5. Previous Oracle / SAP / ERP experience
6. Resilient and adaptable to change
7. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

A mission that gives back: You'll also have lots of opportunities to make an impact on your personal development. At Lowell, we have a big focus on helping our colleagues develop their careers and grow with us, together.

Our people are our strength, so we build strong teams thriving with diverse voices, and offer benefits that can keep our people strong. That means…

1. A competitive salary.
2. A discretionary annual bonus for a job well done.
3. Flexible working options available.
4. 3% flexible benefits; pick additional benefits or take as cash each month.
5. Free parking when you are in the office and when working from home, you'll be fully equipped with everything you'll need to be successful.
6. 28 days holiday plus public holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days.
7. Life assurance.
8. A fantastic culture with more little perks along the way including self-development opportunities, recognition awards and on-site facilities to support the varying needs of our colleagues.
9. Wellbeing support and a programme of webinars and classes geared towards mindfulness.

Ready to share in that mission? Our people are our greatest asset. That means part of our mission is building a workplace where you can grow with us, and help us go on to make a difference, together. Together, we go further - and it starts with you. So, if you're interested in adding your voice to our fantastic team of people, take the first step and apply today.