Management Accountant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing and innovative accounting firm in Sheffield seeks a Management Accountant to focus on analysis and reporting. Responsibilities include preparing monthly management accounts, supporting month-end activities, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Candidates should be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with relevant experience, particularly in manufacturing or engineering sectors. The firm offers competitive benefits, including annual leave and study support.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Bonus scheme

Study Support

Private Medical insurance with 4x life assurance

Enhanced maternity + paternity leave

Health and wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Qualified in ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Relevant experience in management accounting.
• Familiarity with the manufacturing or engineering sector preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Support month end and year end closing activities.
• Provide weekly KPI and financial metrics analysis.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified or equivalent QBE

Experience in a similar role

Experience in manufacturing/engineering sector (desirable)

Able to work on your own initiative

Communication skills

Excel (Vlookups, Pivots)

Job description

Sewell Wallis is pleased to be representing this growing and innovative company based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in their search for a Management Accountant.

This Management Accountant role will have a particular focus on analysis and reporting alongside month end responsibilities, working as part of a tight knit team.

What will you be doing?

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Support month end and year end closing activities.
• Provide weekly KPI, job costing analysis and other financial metrics on operational performance.
• Review and assist in ensuring the accuracy of the job costing data on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Take the lead in investigating variances in performance vs expectation and explaining these to management.
• Manage monthly balance sheet reconciliations ready for review
• Creation of journals/adjustments necessary for accurate GL reporting
• Oversight of VAT, PAYE and Duty payments and submissions
• Support with stock reporting, counts and reconciliations.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, audit, tax and statutory account preparation.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records.
• Help ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal controls.

What skills will you need?

• As a Management Accountant, you'll need to be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified or equivalent QBE
• Experience in a similar role
• Experience in manufacturing/engineering sector (desirable)
• Able to work on your own initiative, independently and collaboratively
• Communication skills
• Excel (Vlookups, Pivots)

What's on offer?

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Study Support
• Private Medical insurance with 4x life assurance
• Enhanced maternity + paternity leave
• Health and wellbeing programme

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Lawrie Bacon

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.