CMA Recruitment Group is working with a major UK organisation in the aerospace sector to recruit a Senior Accountant (Team Lead) on a 14-month fixed term contract, covering maternity leave. The role is based at their Whiteley offices on a hybrid basis.
The business employs several thousand people across the UK and is a long-standing, well-regarded employer in Hampshire. The Senior Accountant sits within a Finance Operations team of around 20, line managing three accountants and helping to lead the wider function, with a strong focus on automation and continuous improvement.
The package includes a pension with up to 18% employer contribution, a 35-hour week with flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working.
What will the Senior Accountant (Team Lead) role involve?
- Line managing three accountants, setting objectives and running regular performance reviews
- Reviewing outputs and workload across the Finance Operations service team alongside the other Senior Accountants
- Overseeing period-end close, P&L preparation and balance sheet reconciliations for assigned business areas
- Financial oversight of fixed assets, external funding and billing, cross-company transactions, and UK and overseas statutory and regulatory compliance
- Acting as the main point of escalation for the Finance Business Partners, working with them on budgets, forecasts and performance commentary
- Interrogating cost drivers, contracts and balances to ensure accurate financial treatment
- Working with business stakeholders and Group Financial Control on technical accounting decisions
- Supporting the external audit and bid work
- Identifying and driving automation, standardisation and digital improvements, and maintaining strong financial controls
Suitable Candidate for the Senior Accountant (Team Lead) vacancy:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CA) with broad finance experience
- Experience managing and developing a team of direct reports
- Strong background in period end, balance sheet control and financial controls, ideally within a large or complex organisation
- Confident using finance systems and tools such as SAP, BPC, Power BI or Power Automate, and keen to use them to improve processes
- Able to build relationships with business partners and operational managers, and to challenge them constructively
- Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)
Additional benefits and information for the role of Senior Accountant (Team Lead):
- Salary £63,130 – £84,173, dependent on experience
- Pension with up to 18% employer contribution
- 35-hour week with flexible start and finish times
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of one day a week in the office
- 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising with service
- Life assurance, income protection, and medical and dental cash plans
- 14-month fixed term contract, covering maternity leave
Rate:
£84,173/year
Location:
Fareham
IR35 Status:
Fixed-Term
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
Finance & Strategy
Seniority Level:
Senior