Senior Management Accountant

About Our Client

This is a reputable financial services business in Manchester city centre who offer a hybrid working arrangement.

Job Description

The successful Senior Management Accountant will:

• Lead on the preparation, governance, and maintenance of the management accounts for Financial Services, ensuring accurate accounting records are produced and reported to key stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Review detailed managements accounts; provide in-depth analytical review, specifically comparing performance versus prior period & budget, with narrative and explanations of trends.
• Resolve and communicate reasons for key variances each month to the wider Finance team, senior management and other stakeholders.
• Have oversight and review of the preparation of the financial services weekly KPI reports.
• Analyse and communicate trends in weekly KPIs to senior stakeholders.
• Support on review production of FCA reporting requirements
• Be responsible for producing reporting packs for monthly committee meetings, including presenting key results and confidently explaining trends.
• Provide hands on support for establishing balance sheet control across the division, including regular detailed review of balance sheets with significant focus on material balances to identify balance sheet risks.
• Create a strong control environment across all areas on financial services finance, ensuring that there is 'one source of the truth' and that reports utilised are accurate and consistent.
• Develop and evolve month end reporting and analysis to better communicate financial performance to key stakeholders.
• Lead and be the key audit contact for the financial services audit process, including interim and year end coordination, and preparation of relevant technical papers.
• Support ongoing non-business as usual project work within the finance team as and when required, including projects relating to inventory financial management.
• Line manage a management accountant, encouraging learning and development, setting objectives, coaching, and providing constructive feedback through regular one-to-one meetings.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Senior Management Accountant should have:

• A professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Proven expertise in financial reporting and management accounting experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in financial software.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for process improvement.

• A competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000.
• Annual bonus up to 25%.
• Leading pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution.
• Hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the Manchester office.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Life Assurance.
• Private Medical Insurance.

If you are interested in more details then please contact Ben Copsey at Michael Page or apply via the link below for more details.