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Senior Accountant

Michael Page Finance
Posted a day ago, valid for a day
Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF2 8TY

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan

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  • This is a senior finance role overseeing all accounting, reporting, compliance, and audit activities for a UK operation.
  • The position offers a salary of up to £58,000 and requires experience in a similar role or industry.
  • Candidates should be qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) or qualified by experience, with a strong understanding of accounting principles.
  • The role involves preparing financial reports, ensuring compliance, coordinating audits, and advising on financial strategies.
  • Additional benefits include hybrid working, a bonus structure, healthcare benefits, a double matched pension scheme, and a share scheme.

This is a hands-on, standalone senior finance role overseeing all accounting, reporting, compliance, and audit activities for the UK operation. The position offers autonomy, visibility across the business, and the opportunity to contribute to a global engineering leader

Client Details

Our client is a global manufacturer of highly engineered components and technology solutions, serving the industrial, transportation, and aerospace markets. With a strong UK presence, this business combines international scale with local expertise to deliver innovative, high-performance solutions.

Description

  • Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
  • Ensuring the accuracy of financial documents, as well as their compliance with relevant laws and regulations
  • Preparing tax returns and ensuring that taxes are paid properly and on time
  • Evaluating financial operations to recommend best-practices, identify issues and strategise solutions, and help organisations run efficiently
  • Offering guidance on cost reduction, revenue enhancement, and profit maximisation strategies
  • Assisting management in the decision-making process by preparing budgets and financial forecasts
  • Coordinating audit processes
  • Performing ad-hoc assignments as required

Profile

A successful Senior Accountant should have:

  • Experience in a similar role and/or industry
  • Qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or Qualified by Experience
  • Strong understanding of accounting principles
  • Excellent numerical skills and attention to detail
  • Superb time management and organisational skills
  • Comfortable communicating with stakeholders across different sites and countries

Job Offer

  • A salary range of up to £58,000
  • Hybrid working (one day from home)
  • Bonus structure
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Double Matched Pension scheme
  • Share Scheme

In addition to the competitive remuneration, you will be working in a supportive and friendly environment in one of the leading industrial / manufacturing organisations based in Wakefield.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.