Senior Management Accountant

Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans. We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing to 30 days with service) plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Health cash plan plus private medical insurance
• Life assurance and critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and bike to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar and restaurant discounts

As a Senior Management Accountant you will play a pivotal role within the Financial Control team, responsible for the accurate and timely production of P&L and B/S month end reporting, including complex financial disclosure notes and control schedules. You will have your own areas of the month end close process where you will be responsible for producing information in line with the Financial Control Framework.

This role is crucial for ensuring the full management and delivery of the Group’s financial reporting, both statutory and management related, whilst ensuring accuracy and control.

Beyond regular business as usual tasks the role will assist with establishing correct accounting treatment for any new complex transactions and ad‑hoc projects that look to improve current processes or introduce new ones. Stakeholder management is key and you will be responsible for developing and nurturing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including within Group Finance and other teams across the business.

This role is an ideal opportunity for a first or second‑time mover from practice to join an experienced team at the heart of a wider Finance team that supports a group that continues its long‑term growth within an exciting industry. The role allows for the opportunity for the successful candidate to either bring additional knowledge on more complex areas of accounting such as hedge accounting and IFRS 9 expected credit losses or for someone to learn and get involved with these more interesting areas of accounting.

• Responsible for the preparation of accurate month‑end reporting for the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Prepare detailed balance sheet analyses and accompanying management information.
• Manage Group consolidation through building and maintaining key control schedules.
• Uphold key controls that form part of the Financial Control Framework, ensuring an effective control environment.
• Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, such as divisional finance and external auditors.
• Develop junior members of the team.
• Prepare month‑end accounting for current and new hedging instruments (interest rate swaps).
• Responsible for the accounting for special purpose debt vehicles.
• Manage IFRS 9 expected credit loss processes and controls.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technical accounting experience.
• Previous experience in communicating and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Good knowledge of GL accounting systems, cashbook and purchase ledger systems.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to identify requirements and appropriate solutions.

Together embraces diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace. We welcome difference, celebrate it, support it and truly value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to discuss your suitability for the role.

All successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.