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Senior Management Accountant

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Senior Management Accountant
Core3 is delighted to be working with an established organisation to recruit a Senior Management Accountant to join its finance team in South Gloucester.
Why join our client
Are you a Management Accountant who is ready for the next step in your career, but hasn't yet had the opportunity to manage people?
This is an opportunity to change that. As Senior Management Accountant, you'll build on your existing management accounting experience while taking on your first formal line management responsibilities, supporting and developing a small team of accountants and assistant accountants.
You do not need previous line management experience. The focus is on finding someone with a strong accounting foundation who is ready to take more ownership and wants to develop their people management and leadership skills.
How you'll make an impact
- Take ownership of monthly management accounts across your assigned areas
- Lead key elements of the month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and identify and resolve financial risks
- Investigate complex accounting queries and provide practical solutions
- Maintain strong financial controls and consistent accounting processes
- Build trusted relationships with finance and operational stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
- Monitor workloads and help the team deliver against key deadlines
- Provide day-to-day support, coaching and guidance to accountants and assistant accountants
- Develop your own line management skills while supporting the performance and progression of others
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Why you're a great fit
- Qualified or close to completing ACA, ACCA or CIMA
- Currently working as a Management Accountant, or in a similar accounting role, and ready for your next step
- No previous line management experience is required
- Genuine interest in taking on your first people management responsibilities
- Strong management accounts and month-end experience
- Good understanding of balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
- Comfortable investigating accounting issues and taking ownership through to resolution
- Experience working with ERP systems and financial data
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Organised and comfortable balancing your own responsibilities while supporting others


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What you'll get in return
As Senior Management Accountant, you'll have the opportunity to progress beyond an individual contributor role and start building genuine leadership experience, without needing to have managed a team previously.
- £50,000-£55,000 salary
- Bonus
- Private healthcare
- Opportunity to gain your first formal line management experience
- Hands-on coaching and people development responsibility
- Continued technical accounting development
- Opportunity to broaden your leadership and stakeholder management experience
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we'll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.
If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.
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