Senior Management Accountant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK-wide business seeks a Senior Management Accountant to enhance their finance team in Leeds. The successful candidate will manage a team, prepare monthly accounts, and perform financial analyses. This role requires a qualified accountant with a strong background in management accounting and team leadership skills.

Benefits

Up to £55,000 per annum

24 Days holiday, plus Bank Holidays

On-site parking

Death in service

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience.
• Substantial experience in management accounting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 8 within the Management Accounts department.
• Prepare and produce accurate monthly management accounts.
• Review financial performance against budget and provide variance analysis.

Skills

Management accounting

Team management

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

CIMA qualification

ACA qualification

ACCA qualification

Job description

Sewell Wallis is currently working exclusively with a UK-wide business with a head office based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, which is recruiting for a Senior Management Accountant to join their well established and growing finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) OR Qualified by experience, with a solid background managing a team within Management Accounts.

What will you be doing?

• Lead and manage a team of 8 within the Management Accounts department, ensuring efficient workflow and team development.
• Prepare and produce accurate monthly management accounts, including the posting of routine journals.
• Perform daily cash postings and bank reconciliations; generate and distribute weekly cash flow reports.
• Monitor rebate accounts to ensure timely and accurate processing of rebate payments.
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Review financial performance against budget, providing variance analysis and commentary.
• Accurately code invoices to the appropriate nominal ledger accounts.
• Support year-end processes by preparing financial statements (balance sheet, income statement) and ensuring completeness of financial records.
• Analyse sales data to identify trends and make provisions for potential liabilities or losses.

What skills do we need?

• Ideally CIMA qualified OR Qualified by experience.
• Substantial experience in management accounting.
• Advanced understanding of MS Excel.
• Proven ability to manage and lead a team.
• Excellent management and communication skills.
• Organised and with the ability to multi-task.
• Analytical & results focused

What's on offer?

• Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• 24 Days holiday, plus Bank Holidays.
• On-site parking
• Death in service

For more information or to apply, please contact Emma Johnsen.

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.