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Financial Accountant (Temp to Perm)
Location: Heywood, Greater Manchester (1 day working from home per week)
Contract: Temporary (Minimum 3 months) with potential to become permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Accountant to join a global manufacturing business at a critical time. This position will be offered at first on a temporary basis, with the intention of becoming permanent.
This is a hands-on role requiring an experienced accountant who can work independently from the outset with minimal supervision. The successful candidate will be confident, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of their work, while analysing large volumes of financial data and supporting the wider finance function across a broad range of financial accounting activities.
If you're looking for a role where you can make an immediate impact and become a trusted member of the finance team, this is an excellent opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
- Perform intercompany reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
- Review payroll and payroll journals (not payroll processing).
- Complete P11D reporting.
- Prepare cash flow reporting and cash flow forecasts.
- Maintain the fixed asset register.
- Monitor Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable governance, including ageing analysis and reporting.
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts.
- Assist with external and internal audits.
- Complete ONS reporting requirements.
- Support indirect tax activities including VAT, Corporation Tax and RDEC.
- Upload financial accounting data into OneStream (corporate reporting system).
- Produce variance analysis across the balance sheet and profit & loss.
- Support month-end close and wider finance team activities.
- Analyse and manipulate large financial datasets to identify trends and improve reporting accuracy.
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About You
We're looking for someone who is confident, proactive and able to work with minimal guidance. You'll enjoy solving problems, taking ownership and working effectively in a dynamic finance environment.
You'll ideally have:
- Experience in a Financial Accountant or Financial Accounting role.
- Strong financial control and accounting experience.
- Excellent Excel skills, including advanced functions such as Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP and complex formulas.
- Experience handling large volumes of financial data.
- Strong balance sheet reconciliation experience.
- Cash flow forecasting experience.
- Experience supporting statutory accounts and audit processes.
- Knowledge of payroll journals and P11Ds.
- Experience with indirect taxes including VAT.
- SAP Business One (SAP B1) experience (preferred).
- Experience with OneStream would be advantageous.
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or part-qualified with relevant experience.


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What's on Offer
- Temporary role with genuine opportunity to become permanent.
- Hybrid working (1 day from home each week).
- 40-hour working week.
- Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) available for additional hours worked (up to 12 days per year).
- Opportunity to join a well-established global manufacturing business.
- Immediate start available.
Please contact Coral at DCS to apply
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