Eaton Syalon Ltd
Group Management Accountant
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Group Management Accountant
Part-time (30 hours per week)
Derby – Hybrid
High Growth Manufacturing
£50 - £54k FTE + benefits
Head Office Finance | Group Exposure
We’re partnering with a hugely successful, internationally focused manufacturing organisation to appoint a Part Time Group Management Accountant into its Head Office finance team.
This is a varied Group finance role with a good mix of reporting, control, cash management and intercompany activity, audit, tax, and Group reporting. It would suit someone who enjoys taking ownership of a varied remit and working closely with senior stakeholders across a complex Group structure.
You’ll play a key role in maintaining the integrity of the Head Office accounts, supporting Group reporting, and helping ensure strong financial control across a number of legal entities.
The Role
You’ll take ownership of a wide range of financial accounting and control activities, including:
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Month-end and Group reporting
- Ownership of the Group Head Office accounts and trial balance, including completion of the monthly Group reporting package.
- Preparing and posting monthly journals, including accruals, prepayments, interest, and loan amounts.
- Completing intercompany reconciliations.
- Producing monthly reports covering Head Office overheads and key KPIs.
- Taking ownership of three holding companies, maintaining trial balances, and accounting for intercompany transactions, dividends, and loan interest.
- Completing balance sheet reconciliations across all Group Head Office entities.
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Financial Accounting & Control
- Performing bank reconciliations and maintaining accurate cash book postings.
- Preparation of VAT, P11Ds, and PSA returns, ensuring best practice/compliance across the Group.
- Preparation of quarterly Group management recharges to the Global Business Units, ensuring Transfer Pricing requirements are met.
- Ownership of Head Office accounts payable for a small amount of Group service providers.
- Completion of payroll reconciliations and ensuring compliance with payroll regulations.
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Budgets and forecasts
- Responsibility for the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process for the Head Office entity, alongside regular monthly reviews of performance.
- Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
- Reviewing costs against budget, prior year, and latest forecast.
- Investigating and explaining key variances.
- Presenting key financial information to senior leadership, including the CEO and CFO.
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Head Office accounting and governance
- Administering Head Office pension schemes, liaising with providers, and processing monthly payments.
- Maintaining Group documentation for loans and dividends.
- Completing and maintaining the Group intercompany loan matrix.
- Maintaining statutory registers and supporting annual company secretarial requirements.
- Processing employee expenses and acting as a key point of control for HMRC compliance.
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Cash management and treasury
- Preparing weekly 13-week cash flow forecasts for Head Office entities.
- Supporting the consolidation of Group cash forecasts.
- Contributing to Group cash repatriation strategy.
- Supporting wider cash planning and treasury discussions.
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- Wider responsibilities
- Supporting the year-end audit process.
- Assisting with tax compliance requirements.
- Supporting the preparation of company financial statements.
- Contributing to Group tax returns at year-end.
- Acting as administrator for Head Office commercial banking.
- Loading and processing banking payments.
What They Are Looking For
Our client is looking for someone who is organised, technically confident, and comfortable operating within a detailed, deadline-driven Head Office environment.
Candidate Profile
- Strong attention to detail
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), Finalist, or qualified by experience
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a structured and efficient way
- Experience of Head Office accounting, ideally including intercompany transactions and loan arrangements
- Experience working with senior executives and handling confidential information
- Sound double-entry bookkeeping knowledge
- Some exposure to Group accounts and consolidations
- Strong organisational and administrative capability
- Ability to prioritise effectively across a broad workload
Experience of SAP would be beneficial but is not essential, while exposure to US GAAP would also be useful.
This is a strong opportunity for someone looking for a broad part-time Group-level accounting role with exposure to senior leadership, multiple entities, treasury, tax, reporting, and financial control.
If you’d like to hear more, please contact Dom Syalon at Eaton Syalon for a confidential conversation.
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