Interim Senior Management Accountant (12-Month Fixed Term Contract) / Knutsford / £50,000 - £60,000
Accountable Recruitment have exclusively partnered with our client who are a successful and growing privately owned business based in Knutsford. We are looking for an experienced Interim Senior Management Accountant to support their finance function covering maternity leave.
Key Responsibilities
- Management Accounts & Reporting - review monthly management accounts ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to timelines.
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls across all entities.
- Prepare and deliver the monthly management pack for senior leadership, including narrative commercial commentary and variance analysis.
- Commercial Analysis & Business Insight - Produce detailed commercial and divisional analysis, highlighting performance trends and actionable insights.
- Partner with division heads to provide financial support, challenge, and commercial analysis.
- Develop and track KPIs across each business unit to support decision-making.
- Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring assumptions are robust and aligned to business strategy.
- Audit & Year-End Support - act as the key finance contact for external auditors during the year-end process. Coordinate audit deliverables, resolve queries promptly, and ensure a smooth and timely audit process.
- You will work closely with the Finance Director on an upcoming transaction, assisting with due diligence materials, and ad-hoc insights required throughout the process.
- Lead, support, and mentor 1 direct reprot to ensure high-quality output
This role offers the opportunity to enhance financial insight across the organisation, and play a critical part in delivering high-quality management information to senior leadership.
Key skills
- Background in management accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting.
- Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships across non-finance stakeholders.
- Demonstrable commercial awareness, with the ability to analyse divisional performance and present clear insights.
- Excellent Excel and data analysis skills.
Further Details
- Duration: 12 months
- Start: ASAP / within 4 weeks notice
- Working Pattern: Full time office based role, flexible working pattern / start and finish times available.
- Location: Knutsford
To discuss this role in more detail please contact Lauren Harrison from Accountable Recruitment on 07731 356 287
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