Senior Accountant

Harvey Nash Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Accountant for a 4-month contract. This hybrid role based in Glasgow or Edinburgh involves overseeing financial reporting and budgeting processes, managing a team, and engaging with senior staff. Applicants should be a qualified accountant with at least 5 years of experience in commercial or management accounting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of commercial/management accounting experience in large environments.
• Excellent management and leadership skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of financial reporting and budgeting.
• Supervise a team of accountants and improve finance processes.
• Build relationships with senior staff and interpret financial issues.

Skills

Management accounting experience

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Numerical skills

IT skills (Excel, Word)

Education

Degree in financial discipline

Qualified accountant from a CCAB body

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Finance packages

Job description

Overview

Senior Accountant | 4 Months (Inside IR35) | Hybrid (Glasgow/Edinburgh)

Harvey Nash client is recruiting for a Senior Accountant on a 4 month contract.

Responsibilities

• Lead on ensuring that the Planner module implementation is suited to the consolidation of all monthly reporting and annual budgeting process
• Lead on the consolidation of all monthly financial reporting information in order to meet agreed timetables
• Lead on the completion and submission of the organisation\'s financial returns to ensure all information is provided as required.
• Lead on the consolidation of the annual budget setting process and quarterly financial forecasting.
• Ensure that the Board Report and the Corporate report are completed accurately and to timetable.
• Assist the Senior Accounting Manager with the preparation of the Statutory Accounts
• Continuously improve the finance processes to improve customer experience and develop and implement new processes where appropriate
• Supervise a team of Accountants to ensure the provision of high-quality services to the business
• Build strong relationships with all senior staff and when required attend Executive Team/senior team meetings to explain/communicate and if necessary, interpret complex financial issues

Key Skills

• As a minimum be educated to SCQF Level 9 (degree) ideally in a financial discipline and be a qualified accountant associated with one of the CCAB accounting bodies.
• Commercial and/or management accounting experience of at least 5 years within large or similar environments
• Excellent management, leadership and influencing skills with the ability to convey ideas and influence others when necessary
• Ability to work under pressure and use their own initiative to prioritise workloads and ensure deadlines are met in a timely and accurate manner
• Be confident and approachable to enable continued engagement with stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver messages at the appropriate level
• Excellent numerical skills to be able to understand and carry out complex and accurate calculations and analysis of financial data
• Good IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and relevant finance packages

This role falls Inside of IR35 and is hybrid working with the expectation to attend the Edinburgh or Glasgow office as and when required. Please note that for this role you must have or be happy to get a Basic Disclosure Scotland. To apply, please send your CV using the link.