Senior Management Accountant

Michael Page; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page Recruitment is partnering with a hospitality group in Scotland to recruit a Senior Management Accountant. The role involves leading a small finance team, preparing management accounts, VAT returns and year-end work, with scope to contribute to internal projects and efficiencies.

The position is predominantly office-based in Edinburgh with some WFH flexibility, offering a salary of 50,000–60,000 DOE.

Qualifications

• Experience of line managing a small finance team and willingness to be hands on, flexible and adaptable.
• Analytical and problem solver - ability to recognise problems, investigate source of problem and propose a solution.
• Ability to build rapport and effective working relationships with individuals at all levels within the company.
• Willingness to utilise AI tools that are aligned with the company AI policy.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review management accounts for multiple venues and provide meaningful commentary.
• Support finance team with supplier queries.
• Investigate end-of-week variances and report outcomes to stakeholders.
• Prepare, review and submit quarterly VAT returns for the estate.
• Account for smaller connected business entities and year-end accounts.
• Monitor and report head office expenses; manage related systems.

Skills

People management

Analytical thinking

Relationship building

AI tools adoption

Job description

Michael Page Recruitment is delighted to partner with our client to recruit a newly-created Senior Management Accountant role. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, self-motivated management accountant who has a keen interest in supporting and developing a finance team and supporting on internal projects to improve efficiencies within the high-performing finance department.

Client Details

Our client is a highly reputable Hospitality Group with a presence across all of Scotland. They have a head office based in the heart of Edinburgh City. The role will be predominantly office based due to the nature of projects, however, WFH will be available.

Description

The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities:

• Preparation and review of management accounts for several of the venues, analysing the financial performance and providing meaningful commentary.
• Supporting finance team with queries from suppliers
• Supporting finance team with finance related queries from operational team and venue management, ensuring end of week variances are fully investigated, followed up on and reported to relevant parties.
• Preparation, review and submission of quarterly VAT returns for the estate
• Responsible for the accounting preparation, VAT submission and year end accounts for smaller connected business entities
• Processing, monitoring and reporting on head office expense management system
• Supporting energy consumption agenda
• Working closely with operational team and venue management to ensure financial data is accurate and aligned with the business objectives
• Assisting with the production of statutory year end accounts and liaising with external auditors during year end audit
• Supervision and development of the finance team
• Supporting financial controller and finance director with ad hoc projects

Profile

The successful candidate will likely have the following profile:

• Experience of line managing a small finance team and willingness to be hands on, flexible and adaptable
• Analytical and problem solver - ability to recognise problems, investigate source of problem and propose a solution to fix or improve the issue
• Ability to build rapport and effective working relationships with individuals at all levels within the company
• Willingness to utilise AI tools that are aligned with the company AI policy

Job Offer

This role offers a competitive salary between 50,000- 60,000 DOE.