Senior Management Accountant | Manchester

The Accountancy Recruitment Group Ltd; Noordwes; Hybrid; ZAR 1 098 000 - 1 319 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Senior Management Accountant in South Africa for a hybrid role with a salary between £50,000 and £60,000. The position offers a route to Financial Director within 12-18 months, involving budgeting, forecasting, and extensive business partnering. Ideal candidates are CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualified or progressing toward completion, with strong analytical and communication skills. This is an exciting opportunity for ambitious accountants seeking rapid career growth.

Qualifications

• Part qualified or recently qualified management accountant.
• Excellent understanding of management accounts and variance analysis.
• Ability to discuss P&L trends with non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgeting cycle and forecasting.
• Business partnering with cost centre managers.
• Support year-end stats and audit process.

Skills

CIMA / ACCA / ACA qualified or progressing

Experience of detailed management accounts preparation

Excellent analytical skills

Confident communication skills

A proactive approach to personal development

Tools

Excel

Job description

Manchester based Senior Management Accountant (clear route to FC in the next 12 – 18 months). £50,000 – £60,000. Hybrid working. Part qualified or recently qualified.

Modern, profitable growth business in a vibrant and enjoyable sector – reporting directly to the approachable CFO. This is an environment that people enjoy working in – there’s chance to be involved in tons of business partnering with welcoming non finance colleagues (cost centre managers) across the business.

You’ll benefit from lots of support and coaching from an approachable and talented CFO – someone who will give you the autonomy and the guidance to allow you to develop rapidly.

Really broad role (budgeting cycle, forecasting, business partnering with plenty of valuable P&L / results discussion, managing an assistant accountant (more great experience), supporting year end stats and audit process….

Everything you need to create a toolkit to fast track your career and be equipped to become an FD in 4 – 5 years!

If you are an outgoing, commercially aware, career ambitious management accountant studying or recently qualified this can supercharge your experience and CV.

(First step from practice is fine if that’s been your journey so far – or currently management accountant in industry

Required:

• CIMA / ACCA / ACA qualified or progressing toward completion.
• Experience of detailed management accounts preparation and variance analysis.
• Excellent analytical skills (confidence using Excel).
• Confident communication skills – ability to discuss the P&L trends and insights with non finance colleagues.
• A proactive and enthusiastic approach to personal development, learning new things and solving problems.

This is an absolutely superb role for an ambitious accountant looking to get on the journey to FD level within a modern and professional Manchester-based SME.

Job Features

Job Category Accountancy & Finance

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