Interim FP&A Accountant
Posted 5 days ago by Robert Walters
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Altrincham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The FP&A Accountant role in South Manchester is a pivotal position within a high-performing finance team, focusing on delivering accurate divisional accounts and supporting senior finance stakeholders. The role emphasizes high-quality reporting, financial control, and continuous improvement within a complex and fast-paced division. Candidates will engage closely with Finance Directors and Business Partners to enhance business performance and reporting insights. This position is offered on an 18-month fixed-term contract with a hybrid working policy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce accurate management accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting policies.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- Support the month-end process, posting journals and validating financial results.
- Present management accounts to senior finance leaders within agreed deadlines.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation and standardisation.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple divisions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.
Key Skills:
- (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong general ledger experience.
- Confident communicator with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Skilled in managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Proactive, ambitious and solutions-focused, with a keen eye for accuracy.
- Strong Excel capability and ideally experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Altrincham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
FP&A Accountant – South Manchester £53,000 | 18-Month FTC Hybrid Policy
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a driven FP&A Accountant to join a high-performing finance team within a major UK group. This role offers broad exposure across a complex, fast-paced division and the chance to make a real impact through high-quality reporting, strong financial control and continuous improvement.
The Opportunity
You’ll play a key role in delivering accurate, robust divisional accounts, ensuring the integrity of financial data and supporting senior finance stakeholders. Working closely with Finance Directors, Business Partners and the wider FP&A team, you’ll help the business understand performance, meet service levels and deliver insightful reporting.
- Produce accurate management accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting policies.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- Support the month-end process, posting journals and validating financial results.
- Present management accounts to senior finance leaders within agreed deadlines.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation and standardisation.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple divisions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.
About You
- (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong general ledger experience.
- Confident communicator with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Skilled in managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Proactive, ambitious and solutions-focused, with a keen eye for accuracy.
- Strong Excel capability and ideally experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
What’s On Offer
You’ll join a collaborative, ambitious finance team within a major organisation committed to growth, innovation and sustainability. The role offers excellent exposure, meaningful responsibility and the chance to support a large and evolving business through a key period. If you’re seeking a challenging role that combines technical accounting, stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement, this is an excellent next step.
Please apply for this role alternatively email me your most updated CV: Olivia.Reading@RobertWalters.com
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