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Management Accountant

Cheshire Permanent View Job Description
You'll play a key role in ensuring the day-to-day financial operations run smoothly. This permanent role involves preparing financial reports, analysing data, and supporting strategic business decisions.
  • Progression opportunity
  • Manufacturing Experience

About Our Client

It would suit an established finance professional who is keen to take their next development step within a fast-paced operational environment.

Job Description

  • Own the month-end close process, preparing management accounts, financial reports and variance analysis.
  • Produce accurate P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and supporting financial information.
  • Maintain accurate ledgers, journals, reconciliations and fixed asset records.
  • Oversee purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking activities and cash flow reporting.
  • Review and control balance sheet reconciliations, resolving outstanding items promptly.
  • Support inventory accounting, stock reconciliations and manufacturing cost reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with VAT, audit requirements, internal controls and SOX standards.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial controls and reporting efficiency.

The Successful Applicant

  • ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in an accounting or finance role.
  • Previous management or supervisory experience.
  • Essential manufacturing experience.
  • Strong understanding of month-end reporting, management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Good knowledge of journals, accruals, prepayments and double-entry bookkeeping.
  • Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP; Dynamics 365 experience preferred.
  • Experience with inventory accounting, stock control, costing and ERP systems within a manufacturing environment.
  • Highly organised, deadline-focused and able to communicate effectively with both finance and operational teams.

What's on Offer

  • Salary ranging from £50,000 to £55,000, dependent on the level of experience.
  • Performance-related bonus scheme.
  • Option for some hybrid working arrangements.



Contact
Nicola Jones
Quote job ref
JN-102026-7124537
Phone number
+44 151 255 3758

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Management Accountant
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Where
Cheshire
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Nicola Jones
Consultant phone
+44 151 255 3758
Job reference
JN-102026-7124537