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  • Management Accountant

    Stoke on Trent
    Temporary
    £40,000 - £45,000 per year

    The Management Accountant role involves overseeing financial reporting and analysis. This temporary position provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to an accounting and finance department.

    • Management Accountant
    • Hybrid working and competitive salary
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  • Financial Accountant

    Rochdale
    Temporary
    £45,000 - £47,000 per year

    This temporary Financial Accountant role in Rochdale requires expertise in accounting and finance ideally within the industrial/manufacturing industry. The successful candidate will oversee financial reporting, compliance, and process improvements.

    • Financial Accountant
    • Rochdale Office Based Immediate Start
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  • Management Accountant

    Sutton-In-Ashfield
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    The Management Accountant will play a key role in overseeing financial operations, ensuring the accurate preparation and analysis of financial reports.

    Based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, this role supports the business services industry by driving financial insights that help the organisation operate smoothly and efficiently.

    This is a fully office based role in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

    • Permanent Management Accountant opportunity
    • Newly created position in Sutton in Ashfield
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  • Group Accountant

    West Sussex
    Interim
    £60,000 - £70,000 per year

    The Group Accountant role in West-Sussex focuses on managing financial reporting and consolidation across the transport and distribution industry. You'll play a key part in ensuring accurate financial records and supporting decision-making processes.

    • Hybrid Working
    • Growing Organisation
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  • Management Accountant

    Derby
    Permanent
    £45,000 - £50,000 per year

    As a Management Accountant in Derby's industrial and manufacturing sector, you'll oversee financial reporting and analysis, ensuring the business runs smoothly. Your role will involve maintaining accurate records, preparing budgets, and supporting decision-making through insightful financial data.

    • Newly created Management Accountant opportunity.
    • Permanent position in Derby.
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  • Management Accountant

    Cannock
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    As a Management Accountant in the retail industry, based near Cannock, you'll play a vital role in managing financial records and ensuring accurate reporting to support business decisions.

    This is a hands-on role that keeps the accounting and finance department running smoothly.

    • Permanent opportunity for a growing business in Cannock
    • Hybrid Management Accountant position
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  • Management Accountant (Qualified)

    Manchester
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    The Management Accountant role in the retail sector involves supporting financial planning, analysis, and reporting to drive informed decision-making. Based in Greater Manchester, this position is ideal for individuals with strong accounting expertise and a focus on delivering business insights.

    • Great opportunity with lots of career progression available
    • Global business, growing at a fast pace
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  • Systems Accountant

    Birmingham
    Interim
    £65,000 - £75,000 per year

    We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Accountant to lead the development, optimisation, and governance of a finance systems environment centred around NetSuite Financials and associated reporting tools.

    • Do you have a passion for finance systems, transformation?
    • This role influences how tech supports decision-making across the organisation.
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  • Financial Accountant

    Huddersfield
    Permanent
    £45,000 - £52,000 per year

    As a Financial Accountant in Huddersfield, you'll be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, compliance and supporting the business with key financial insights. Your work will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth operations within this business in the manufacturing industry.

    • A hands on finance role great for a practice trained accountant
    • Excellent benefits and career progression opportunities
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  • Project Accountant

    Derby
    Permanent
    £55,000 - £60,000 per year

    The Finance Business Partner to work closely with senior leaders and their teams, supporting both strategic and operational decision making across the business

    • business partnering, analysis, stakeholder management
    • Decision support, financial modeling, Hybrid working
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  • Revenue Accountant (AVP) - Banking

    City of London
    Permanent
    £60,000 - £70,000 per year

    An international financial services organisation is seeking an Assistant Vice President to join its Accounting & Control function, focusing on revenue reporting, performance analysis and financial controls across a complex EMEA business. The role combines technical accounting expertise, stakeholder engagement and data-driven analysis to ensure the integrity, accuracy and insightfulness of management reporting.

    • Qualified Revenue Accountant opportunity within Banking sector.
    • Build on revenue reporting skills within investment banking across EMEA regions.
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  • Management Accountant

    Southampton
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £60,000 per year

    As a Management Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the company's financial operations. From preparing reports to supporting decision-making, you'll be at the heart of the accounting and finance team in Southampton.

    • Management Accountant Position
    • Salary £50,000 - £60,000
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  • Management Accountant

    Bradford
    Permanent
    £45,000 - £53,000 per year

    This role is responsible for delivering management accounting, control and insight across large business entities in a fast-paced, complex environment. It offers the opportunity to influence and drive process improvement, standardisation and automation at scale.

    • Exposure to a complex, global business with strong stakeholder influence
    • Opportunity to drive process improvement and automation at scale
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  • Management accountant

    England
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £65,000 per year

    As a Management Accountant based in Chilworth, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the day-to-day financial operations of the business. From preparing financial reports to analysing budgets, your work will help ensure the smooth running of the company's financial activities.

    • Join a fast-growing company with strong opportunities for career progression.
    • Work on technology that helps protect communities and national security.
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  • Company Accountant - Market Leading Property Business

    Glasgow
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £60,000 per year

    We are delighted to partner with a market leading property business to recruit a Company Accountant. The ideal candidate would be someone who has had a mixture of financial and management accountant experience, as well as some exposure to the commercial property sector.

    • Company Accountant - Property
    • Glasgow City Centre
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  • Management Accountant

    Slough
    Permanent
    £40,000 - £45,000 per year

    This is an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to play a pivotal role in the finance team of a leading industrial and manufacturing business. Based in Slough, you will be responsible for preparing financial reports, managing budgets, and providing key analysis to support informed business decisions.

    • An excellent opportunity to work for an established organisation
    • Located in Slough, well-connected by public transport
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  • Senior Accountant

    Exeter
    Permanent
    £30,000 - £40,000 per year

    A successful accountancy practice based in Exeter is searching for a Senior Accountant to join their team preparing and reviewing year end accounts, tax compliance across both personal and corporate tax along with overseeing VAT, Bookkeeping and wider all around role, as key right hand support to the firms managers and partners. You will have increasing client management responsibility, develop teams and progress in your career.

    • Senior Accountant to join a growing Exeter accountancy firm.
    • Managing provision of accounts/tax services, with progression.
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  • Statutory Accountant

    Nottingham
    Interim
    £54,000 - £66,000 per year

    As a Statutory Accountant in Nottingham, you'll play a key role in managing financial reporting and compliance within the industrial and manufacturing sector. Your work will help ensure the organisation meets regulatory requirements and maintains accurate financial records.

    • part time role
    • ftc long term opportunity
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  • Senior Accountant

    Chester
    Permanent
    £40,000 - £43,000 per year

    We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our team within the professional services industry. This role is based in Chester and involves delivering high-quality accounting and financial services to clients.

    • Join a Top 100 accountancy firm in the UK.
    • Work within a people-first culture, investing in your development and wellbeing.
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  • Assistant Accountant

    Blackburn
    Permanent
    £32,000 - £38,000 per year

    Assistant Accountant

    Location: Blackburn
    Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 per annum (depending on experience)
    Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
    Working Pattern: Office-Base

    • Assistant Accountant - Blackburn
    • Well-established and growing business, exciting time to join the company!
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  • Management Accountant

    Rochdale
    Permanent
    £40,000 - £45,000 per year

    Management Accountant

    Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
    Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
    Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
    Working Pattern: Office-based (Monday to Friday)

    • Management Accountant - Rochdale
    • Well-established business offering progression and development opportunities
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  • Charity Accountant

    Oxford
    Permanent
    £70,000 - £75,000 per year

    As a Charity Accountant in Oxford, you'll oversee the financial operations of a not-for-profit organisation, ensuring everything runs smoothly and accurately. From managing budgets to preparing reports, your work will be essential in supporting the organisation's goals.

    • Oxford based, well established charity
    • Excellent benefits package and parking on site
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  • Management Accountant

    England
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    Are you a Management Accountant looking to take charge of financial operations and contribute to strategic decision-making? Based in Worcester, this role in the technology and telecoms sector focuses on ensuring the smooth running of financial processes and delivering insightful reports to support business growth.

    • Innovative insurance technology with a supportive, forward-thinking team.
    • Great culture, strong tech focus, and real opportunities to grow.
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  • Management Accountant

    Weybridge
    Permanent
    £58,000 - £62,000 per year

    This is a varied role suited to a hands-on finance professional who is comfortable working in a fast-paced software and technology environment, can manage both routine accounting activities and ad-hoc reporting requests, and is confident liaising with stakeholders in the UK and overseas.

    • Review and support the preparation of the monthly management accounts
    • Understand key drivers impacting revenue fluctuations
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  • Senior Client Accountant / Service Charge Accountant

    Nottingham
    Permanent
    £40,000 - £50,000 per year

    As a Senior Client Accountant / Service Charge Accountant in the property industry based in Nottingham, you'll play a key role in managing the day-to-day financial operations and ensuring accuracy in reporting.

    • New opportunity for a growing business in Nottingham
    • Hybrid opportunity in Nottingham
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  • Management Accountant

    Southampton
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £60,000 per year

    The role of Management Accountant in the retail industry offers an exciting opportunity to manage financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis. Based in Southampton, this permanent position is ideal for someone with strong accounting expertise and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

    • Management Accountant
    • Salary £50,000 - £60,000
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  • Senior Accountant

    Farnham
    Permanent
    £40,000 - £50,000 per year

    Senior Accountant role with a well established accountancy firm in Farnham.

    • Senior Accountant role
    • Well established independent accountancy firm in Farnham
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  • Senior Accountant

    Truro
    Permanent
    £29,000 - £36,000 per year

    A successful accountancy practice based in Truro is searching for a Senior Accountant to join their team preparing year end accounts, tax compliance across both personal and corporate tax, along with wider responsibilities. You will have opportunity to progress within this successful firm.

    • Senior Accountant to join a highly regarded, leading Truro accountancy firm.
    • Career progression & increasing client management responsibility on offer
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  • Management Accountant

    Salford
    Interim
    £35,000 - £40,000 per year

    Michael Page are currently recruiting for a Management Accountant based in Salford.

    • Management Accountant
    • 12 month fixed term contract
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  • Senior Accountant

    Barnstaple
    Permanent
    £30,000 - £40,000 per year

    A growing chartered accountancy practice based in Barnstaple is searching for a Senior Accountant to join their team taking on the hands on delivery, preparation and review of year end accounts, tax and wider services to a mixed and varied industry client portfolio. You will also support the wider team as a key addition to this successful firm.

    • Senior Accountant to join a highly regarded Barnstaple accountancy firm.
    • Year end accounts, tax & wider services to varied clients with progression.
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The role of an Accountant

An accountant is a professional who is charged with the critical business function of maintaining and interpreting financial records. However, accountant jobs can vary wildly, with some in the role tasked purely with the above responsibilities, while others lead on a variety of finance-related and problem solving tasks.

Expected job role tasks

Accountant jobs incorporate many possible expected tasks, depending on the size and type of organisation the individual works for. However, some of the most common accountant tasks include preparing and maintaining financial reports that are essential to the smooth running of the business. These financial reports must be accurate and compliant with the relevant regulations and legislation. Accountants must also prepare tax returns and make sure that taxes are paid correctly and by the deadline. Furthermore, companies traditionally lean on accountants to perform forecasting exercises and risk analysis assessments. A large part of accountant jobs also includes evaluating the company’s financial operations to unearth any potential compliance issues within them, and producing solutions. These professionals will also be responsible for ensuring the business is run in a financially compliant manner, and will most likely need to offer guidance on revenue enhancement, profit maximisation, and cost reduction.

Primary function

As a critical business function, accounting requires its professionals to perform functions regarding the collection, accuracy, recording, analysis, presentation, and compliance of a company’s financial operations. They are also tasked with financial problem solving. This is a wide ranging role, and the specifics of any accountancy job will depend on factors such as seniority, company size, and industry.

Key hard/soft skills

Mathematical skills are extremely useful for Accountants, as they enable them to analyse, compare, and interpret data and figures. It is important to note, however, that complex mathematical skills are not vital for every accounting role. Meanwhile, analytical skills are vital, as analysing financial data to discover patterns and potential issues tends to be a huge part of the role. As with many jobs, computer literacy is essential for accountants, as they must be able to operate advanced accounting software, as well as other digital tools. In order to be a successful accountant, strong business acumen is also required: accountants must understand the basic functions of a business in order to contextualise their data, and problem solve effectively. 

They may also be called on to provide financial advice to businesses, which makes understanding how business and economics works vital. In terms of soft skills, attention to detail is high on the list, as accounting professionals are tasked with maintaining accurate and organised records. Communication skills are also vital for the many presentations and interviews they must conduct with senior stakeholders, while relationship building and customer service skills are certainly a plus. A strong sense of integrity and ethics should be second nature for accountants, as they have a legal obligation to act honestly and avoid negligence within their work.

Qualifications required

There are three core accountancy qualifications: ACA, ACCA, and CIMA. Once a professional has gained such a qualification, there is an expectation from employers that accountants will continue to train and upskill as part of continuing professional development. There are also specialist qualifications that may be required for specific roles. For example, the Association of Taxation Technicians or the Chartered Tax Adviser qualifications.

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