Senior Management Accountant

ALF Recruit; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

ALF Recruit seeks a Senior Management Accountant for a PE backed service sector firm. This role is hybrid, involving significant financial reporting, team leadership, and a commercial focus. Candidates should have management accounting experience in larger organizations and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Performance Related bonus

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

25 days holiday plus additional bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Management Accountant in organizations with turnover over £70m.
• Experience in managing or mentoring finance team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process and prepare consolidated monthly management accounts.
• Provide insightful commercial analysis and support for tender processes.
• Ensure accurate reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Commercial analysis

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or ACA)

Job description

ALF Recruit have partnered with our client a PE backed service sector organisation who are looking for a Senior Management Accountant to join the team at their Head Office based on the outskirts of Oldham with excellent motorway links and onside parking.

This is a hybrid role with an office based presence around 3 days a week.

What you can expect

• Salary £50-55k DOE and Qualification
• Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home
• Performance Related bonus
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• 25 days holiday, additional bank holiday leave, plus a day off for your birthday
• A Pension Scheme to help you save for the future
• A dynamic fast paced environment and exposure to live in a Private Equity backed business

Role Purpose

In this role, you will be instrumental in supporting an expanding service provider organisation by delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting—contributing to strategic decision-making and reinforcing the financial strength of the company –there is commercial exposure in this role

Around 50% of the role is ownership and delivery of the Monthly Management Accounts pack in its entirety and the other part of the role is Commercial and Project work looking at tenders, pricing, in life contracts and partnering with individuals around the business both finance and non finance

Some Role Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process and prepare consolidated monthly management accounts
• Manage and develop two direct reports: Assistant Management Accountant and Purchase Ledger Assistant
• Provide insightful commercial analysis, including profitability reviews and support for tender processes
• Oversee the preparation of VAT returns, investor reports, and audit documentation
• Ensure accurate reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls across the business
• Contribute to the preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts
• Support refinancing activities and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) processes
• Assist in producing high-quality board reports and strategic financial updates

What you will need

• Proven experience as a Management Accountant within a comparable or larger organisation (Turnover over £70m plus)
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels across all levels of the business
• Experience in managing or mentoring junior members of a finance team
• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or ACA)

If you would like to have an initial conversation about this role please get in touch with Joanne Sizer at ALF Recruit – all conversations are confidential

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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