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Senior Accountant

Sewell Wallis
Posted 7 hours ago, valid for 4 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Sewell Wallis is seeking a Senior Accountant with property experience for a 6-month fixed term contract in Manchester, with potential for extension or permanent placement.
  • The role requires a qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with at least 3 years of property accounting experience.
  • Key responsibilities include preparing management accounts, managing a small team, and supporting the Senior Finance Manager.
  • The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £60,000 to £65,000, along with hybrid working options and opportunities for professional development.
  • Candidates should possess strong IT skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and excellent communication and organizational skills.

Sewell Wallis are recruiting for a fast-paced, growing property business in Manchester, who are looking to recruit a confident Senior Accountant with property experience. This role is for a 6-month fixed term contract, there is the possibility for extension, or to be made permanent due to the business's growth plans.

This role is newly made to support the Senior Finance Manager with production of management accounts and managing a small team.

This is an exciting business, and an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the door of a very forward thinking, progressive company that has a great work-life balance, really strong collaborative approach, open-door policy, and a fantastic reputable team to work alongside in a beautiful modern space.

What will you be doing?

  • Review and preparation of monthly management accounts and variance analysis
  • Review and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
  • Production of monthly and quarterly cash reporting
  • Review of monthly CIS returns
  • Review of monthly and quarterly VAT returns
  • Preparation of quarterly debt compliance reporting
  • Production of quarterly group consolidated management accounts and reporting
  • Key involvement in the preparation and review of annual accounts and supporting the year-end audit
  • Management of Assistant Accountant
  • Supporting the Senior Finance Manager managing the team's deliverables
  • Identifying opportunities for improvement in current financial processes and leading on projects to implement process enhancements

What skills are we looking for?

  • Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
  • 3+ years of property accounting experience
  • Ideally mentoring/management experience - although would consider those with a keen interest to manage with no experience.
  • Strong IT skills along with advanced Excel.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent organisation skills with ability to set priorities, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

What's on offer?

  • Competitive salary, £60,000-£65,000.
  • Hybrid working model with 3 days in office and 2 days working from home.
  • 6 month FTC, which has the potential to be extended or made permanent.
  • Tons of progression opportunities and chances for development.
  • Life Insurance and Private Healthcare.
  • Excellent location, with free parking or 5 minute walk from the train station.

Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.