The Opportunity
We are working with a growing business within the sports and leisure sector in Cheshire who are looking to appoint an Interim Management Accountant to support their finance function on an immediate basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Management Accountant who can take ownership of the day-to-day finance activities, ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and help improve existing processes.
The business is looking for someone who can hit the ground running, bringing a strong technical understanding of management accounts alongside a proactive approach to improving efficiencies and automating processes wherever possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the preparation and delivery of monthly management accounts.
- Produce accurate profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and supporting financial reports.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
- Manage month-end processes, including journals, accruals and prepayments.
- Provide meaningful financial analysis and commentary to support business decisions.
- Monitor budgets, expenditure and financial performance.
- Take responsibility for the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely monthly payroll.
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure appropriate financial controls are in place.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate existing finance processes.
- Review current finance procedures and implement improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Support the ongoing finance systems transition from QuickBooks to Sage Intacct.
Experience Required
- Previous experience in a hands-on Management Accountant position.
- Strong understanding of month-end and management accounting processes.
- Experience managing payroll responsibilities.
- Confident using accounting software, ideally QuickBooks and/or Sage Intacct.
- Experience improving, streamlining or automating finance processes would be highly advantageous.
- Comfortable working autonomously and taking ownership of responsibilities.
- Available to start immediately or at very short notice.
The Ideal Candidate
This opportunity would suit a commercially minded, hands-on Management Accountant who enjoys working in a developing finance environment.
Someone who can confidently manage the core accounting responsibilities while bringing fresh ideas around systems, automation and process improvement would be particularly attractive.