Corporate Accounting Manager
Salary/Rate:£65,000 - £75,000 per annum
Job type:Contract
Location:Rotherham
About the Role
Sewell Wallis have a fantastic opportunity to work for our client, a global retail and distribution business based in Rotherham, as they look to appoint a Corporate Accounting Manager for a period of 12 months to cover maternity leave.
This role reports into the Director of Accounting and leads a motivated, agile, and proactive Corporate Accounting team from a technical accounting and statutory reporting perspective, as well as developing strategic objectives to deliver high quality accounting activities and support to the business.
What will you be doing?
- Establish a team to service all retained corporate accounting activity ensuring all deliverables are met, time scales are adhered to, and high quality is maintained
- Review and challenge financial results ensuring there is a continual monitoring and improvement in the controls environment around all accounting activities
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders across the Corporate functions (Taxation, Group Reporting, Corporate Controlling) to ensure service levels are established, targeted, and monitored
- Work collaboratively with external auditors, ensuring accurate and timely data provision and proactive, sustainable resolution of any audit findings
- Responsible for ensuring all Group Treasury policies are adhered to in respect of cash management, foreign exchange deals, interest, and loan management for all UK entities (Corporate & Trading) and providing a focus on treasury policy activities within the Corporate Accounting team whilst maintaining the integrity of treasury reporting to the global Treasury team
- Completes long term cash flow forecasts ensuring cashflow is managed effectively for the companies benefit
- Responsible for the sign off of all Treasury tasks and procedures, ensuring all deadlines are met, no payments / deliverables are missed, and that work is carried out to the highest standard
- Drives and manages change within corporate team and FiCo function, providing clear direction in the achievement of stretch targets
What skills do we require?
- Recognised professional accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
- Technical Accounting skills – circa 4 years post qualification experience preferably with practice in role
- Previous experience in managing a team (ideally of 6+)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- A good understanding and methodology of how to implement business process improvements.
- Proven ability to adhere to strict deadlines
- Knowledge of SAP preferred
What’s on offer?
- 12 month fixed term contract to start as soon as possible
- Hybrid working with 2 days in the office (flexible on days and start and finish times)
- Option to join the company pension scheme
Send us your CV below, or contact Kayley Haythornthwaite for more information.
Job ref: KH/5261Post Date: 01.10.24
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