Management Accountant in Manchester

At DF Capital, we champion banking for ambition. As an award-winning provider of commercial finance and savings, we empower depositors and small businesses with financial solutions tailored to fuel their growth. Headquartered in Manchester, our team of over 160 serves thousands of customers across the UK, transforming savings into new opportunities for businesses to thrive.

As a key member of the Finance team, you will be supporting the Financial Controller with a broad range of tasks and responsibilities, from management and financial reporting duties to assisting on business-wide projects. You should be a proactive, motivated individual who has a drive for delivering high quality outputs, technical insights and a strong control mindset.

You will gain exposure to a variety of different reporting requirements such as year-end accounts, interim results, trading updates, Board & ExCo reporting, monthly management accounts, quarterly and annual taxation returns. You will also assist the Financial Controller in other typical areas covered by the Financial Control function such as cost centre reporting, cost analysis, project budget tracking, and bank account management.

You will play a key part in delivering these projects by representing the team’s requirements and interests to ensure these are captured within the project, particularly from a tax perspective. In this role you will form part of working groups, gaining cross-departmental exposure, and building strong business relationships with non-Finance colleagues.

You should embrace Technology and Change with a thirst to understand the inner workings of our systems and how you can extract more from them. You will be excited to work alongside our Change, Robotics and MI teams to improve Finance processes and controls.

You will assist the Financial Controller in preparing consolidated and company accounts to a high standard and ensure the audit process runs smoothly and to schedule. You will also gain exposure to complex accounting areas such as IFRS 9 impairment provisioning, hedge accounting on swap derivatives and IFRS 16.

You will be responsible for:

• Production of monthly management accounts including completion of balance sheet reconciliations, P/L analysis, management reporting commentary etc.
• Prepare and process month end journals.
• Manage intercompany accounts and recharges.
• Complete monthly commentary & variance analysis for presentation to the CFO.
• Prepare tax returns (VAT, CIT, ERS, P11D etc), assist with internal tax queries, and consider tax implications of new projects and business ventures.
• Proactively review internal processes and controls, identifying areas of manual process, inefficiency and risk, and actively suggesting improvements to the control environment.
• Finance business partnering on projects as required.
• Assisting with the preparation of year-end and half-year accounts in accordance with IFRS standards and London Stock Exchange reporting requirements.
• Assist in managing the audit process with our external auditors whereby ensuring the process is completed smoothly and to timetable.
• Provide oversight and day-to-day management of junior team members.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified or certified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) – required
• MUST have Financial Services experience
• Industry background ideally in financial services – desirable
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, able to use complex formulas, models etc.
• Tax accounting experience (VAT/CT returns, R&D, Capital Allowances) – desirable
• Experience using accounting systems (NetSuite, Sage, Dynamics) – desirable
• Process and controls improvement experience – desirable
• Experience using AI or other automation tools – desirable

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Exceptionally self-motivated and reliable.
• Strong accounting and tax knowledge, comfortable navigating and interpreting IFRS and HMRC guidelines.
• A financial mindset and happy to dig into the numbers when required to provide explanations on variances.
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks.
• Great problem-solving abilities.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player and able to work effectively with non-Finance colleagues.

Competitive salary (dependent on experience), private medical insurance for you and your partner/spouse, 10% employer pension contribution, 30-day annual leave entitlement plus Bank/Public Holidays, free gym membership, discretionary annual bonus, discretionary share awards, life assurance, income protection, save as you earn company share acquisition scheme, tax efficient salary sacrifice scheme to obtain bicycles and electric vehicles, 4 days paid volunteering leave to support our local communities, vibrant office location in lively city centre.