Senior Accountant

SimplyConnected, LLC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Accountant in Manchester, focusing on high-quality financial reporting and process accountability. The successful candidate will lead a small team and drive continuous improvement initiatives, requiring strong analytical skills and excellent proficiency in Excel.

Benefits

Agile/Hybrid working

Private Healthcare (Aviva)

Employer Pension contribution of 13%

Annual bonus

Professional qualification support

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

x2 wellbeing days per year

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with experience in Tax, VAT, or Insurance.
• Excellent Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables) required.
• Experience within the insurance or engineering industry desired.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team, guiding and mentoring.
• Contribute to month and quarter-end close processes.
• Oversee balance sheets and ensure control of balances.

Skills

Self-motivated

Excellent MS Excel Knowledge

Strong analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA)

Job description

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Location: Manchester / Birkenhead (Hybrid working)

Permanent

To be successful in this role, you must be a fully qualified accountant with experience working in Tax, Insurance Premium Tax, Insurance Levy or VAT.

Job Purpose

The focus of the Senior Accountant role is to assist in the preparation and reporting of high-quality financial information, including undertaking and being accountable for various key financial processes.

Role: Senior Accountant

Location: Manchester / Birkenhead (Hybrid working)

Permanent

To be successful in this role, you must be a fully qualified accountant with experience working in Tax, Insurance Premium Tax, Insurance Levy or VAT.

Job Purpose

The focus of the Senior Accountant role is to assist in the preparation and reporting of high-quality financial information, including undertaking and being accountable for various key financial processes.

Additionally, the role holder will support and drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, in addition to enhancing the control environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Potential management of a small team. To lead, develop and mentor.
• Contribution to the month and quarter close process in line with company policies and timetables.
• Create and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ownership of key month end and quarter end deliverables, for example a subset of the tasks below depending on the team:
• Monthly affiliate pack submitted to HSB IIC
• Oversight of balance sheets, ensuring understanding and control of balances
• Ownership of payroll postings and reconciliations across the all group companies
• Tax balances, including calculating and posting of corporation tax estimates, and completion of Insurance Premium Tax and VAT returns
• Provide Financial support and respond to ad-hoc requests from key stakeholders across the HSB and Munich Re group.
• Represent finance on various current and future projects relating to both the team and wider business.
• Adhering to robust and compliant accounting processes to ensure accurate reporting of both the P&L and Balance sheet.
• Commitment to personal development in order to meet both current and future requirements of the business.
  

Essential

Key Skills & Experience:

• Self-motivated
• Excellent MS Excel Knowledge (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables etc).
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Identification and drive of continuous improvement activities
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working within the insurance and / or Engineering industry
  
  

Additional Skills & Responsibilities

• Interacting with people: Establishing relationships with various teams across the business.
• Initiative: Innovative approach to problem solving, anticipating opportunities and the ability to question/challenge existing methods and approaches.
• Attention to detail: Applying high quality standards to all tasks undertaken.
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both verbally and written.
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly and across locations, where deadlines require, within the Companys required operating hours.
  
  

Qualifications & Educations Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (passed finalist) CIMA, ACA, ACCA
  
  

Benefits

A snapshot of some of our benefits:

• Agile/Hybrid working
• Private Healthcare (Aviva)
• Aviva Digital GP
• Employer Pension contribution of 13%
• Annual bonus
• Professional qualification support
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• x2 wellbeing days per year

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Accounting

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