Finance Manager

Sewell Wallis are recruiting a Finance Manager for a growing Greater Manchester PE-backed property business in Stockport.

A senior technical accounting role supporting ~160 entities, with a key focus on property disposals, acquisitions and entity restructurings depending on performance.

Responsible for accounting for complex transactions across multi-tier group structures, including debt, distributions, capitalisations and revaluations.

Requires strong technical accounting, Excel modelling and legal document review skills, with the ability to translate complex transactions into the correct accounting treatment.

This role would suit someone Practice trained, with experience in a large multi-entity business, who is currently doing complex consolidations, or someone from a Transactions and M&A background, and is keen to take their next step into a phenomenal business which will offer massive growth opportunities. This role reports to the Head of Project Accounting, who is a great mentor!

• Support the Head of Accounting with review of approx. 160 entities, which involves complex consolidations of accounts.
• Lead accounting for property acquisitions, disposals and annual revaluations across relevant entities.
• Build and maintain Excel models for restructures, debt, distributions, capitalisations and other complex transactions.
• Analyse multi-tier group structures and transaction flows across holding companies, subsidiaries, partnerships and trusts.
• Review legal documentation to determine the appropriate accounting treatment for transactions.
• Provide technical accounting guidance, training and review to the wider finance team and senior stakeholders.
• Investigate and resolve complex accounting issues, including intercompany and entity-level discrepancies.
• Support reporting, audit, finance transformation and process improvement initiatives, strengthening controls and efficiency.

• Qualified Accountant - ACA/ACCA
• Experience working in a large multi-entity business
• Confident with complex consolidations of 50+ entities.
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Confident in questioning transactions and challenging information that appears incomplete, inconsistent or unsupported.
• Highly proactive, motivated and comfortable taking ownership of deliverables.

• Starting salary of £70,000
• 20% annual bonus
• Company pension (7%)
• Health Insurance
• Exciting quarterly social events
• Hybrid working - 3 days on site
• On site gym
• Free Parking
• Local to the train station