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An exciting opportunity awaits at a PE-backed hospitality business in Warrington, seeking a Financial Accountant for a newly created role. This position is ideal for ACA-qualified candidates looking to transition from practice into industry. You will work closely with a knowledgeable Financial Controller and a high-caliber CFO, gaining exposure in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. Your responsibilities will include leading audits, preparing statutory accounts, and assisting with management accounts. Join a dynamic team that values hard work, commitment, and teamwork, and take the next step in your career with this ambitious company.
Benefits
Qualifications
- ACA-qualified accountant with strong academic background preferred.
- Strong Excel skills and attention to detail are essential.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Group's annual audit and manage statutory accounts preparation.
- Assist with monthly management accounts and cash flow reporting.
- Ensure financial processes and controls are effective.
Skills
Education
Financial Accountant - First-Time Move from Practice | Warrington & Hybrid | PE-Backed | Competitive salary
Axon Moore is partnering exclusively with a PE-backed hospitality business in Warrington. With a strong portfolio of successful outlets and exciting expansion plans - including new site rollouts and a future PE exit - this is a prime opportunity to join during their growth journey.
Having recently strengthened its leadership team, our client is primed for its next phase of success. As part of this, they are looking to hire a Financial Accountant in this newly created role, which involves both reporting and management accounts, an ideal first-time move for practice ACA-newly qualified candidates - ideally from a Big 4 | Top 10 firms.
Reporting to a knowledgeable Financial Controller and working closely with a high-calibre CFO, this role offers exposure within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and technical skills and a drive to develop their career in an ambitious, PE-backed business.
- Lead the Group's annual audit, with the support of the FC, and be the main point of contact with the audit team.
- Production of the consolidated Group and its subsidiary's annual statutory accounts, including the preparation of various supporting schedules.
- Production of tax schedules and liaison with the Group's tax advisors.
- Assistance with the monthly preparation of the Group's management accounts.
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Manage daily/weekly cash flow reporting/forecasts.
- Custodian of the Group's statutory records, ensuring that records at Companies House are maintained accurately and on time.
- Preparation of the Group's quarterly VAT returns.
- Assist the Financial Controller to ensure financial processes, systems and controls are operating effectively.
- Preferably an ACA qualified accountant with a strong academic background.
- Accurate with great attention to detail.
- Strong Excel skills are essential (and will need to be demonstrated).
- Ability to think and act independently (being a self-starter is essential).
- Good organizational skills and the ability to work to tight timescales.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to confidently explain financial information to non-financial personnel to support decision making.
- Demonstrate an ethic of delivering high performance through hard work, commitment, and teamwork.
- Affinity with the Hospitality or Leisure sectors would be beneficial.
To apply for this role, please follow the link below and for information - call Maria @Axon Moore.
- Competitive salary, and a wide range of benefits.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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