Accounting Supervisor / Management Accountant in Cheshire, Chester

gap Personnel are looking to recruit a Management Accountant to join our entrepreneurial Group. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the successful candidate will be a key member of the Central Finance Team. Ideal applicants will have a proven record across a broad range of accounting skills, demonstrate adaptability, and thrive in a busy team environment, whilst being confident in their ability to support the group’s ambitious growth and profitability objectives. Monthly MI/reporting – Using our Sage X3 and Mercur reporting systems, produce monthly management information (MI), including profit and loss (P&L) statements for all sites, balance sheets, and cash flow reports. Liaise with Directors, the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and the Senior Management Team (SMT) to resolve any queries. Manage the Invoice Discounting (ID) facility, including daybook uploads, drawdowns, and reconciliations. Carry out transactional finance duties, including (but not limited to) posting and reconciling weekly sales and cost of sales (COS), fixed assets, bank postings and reconciliations, accruals and prepayments, and assisting with accounts payable (AP), supplier payments, and supplier queries. Prepare and submit VAT returns and payments, including completing monthly VAT reconciliations. Support external audits and inspections as required, including the annual statutory year-end audit. This role will offer a great deal of autonomy, as well as many opportunities for personal and professional growth. The Management Accountant is an important Business Partner both to other Head Office support functions (including Credit Control and HR Payroll) and also to our Sales and Operational teams. This position has extensive commercial involvement and autonomous control over publication and analysis of weekly and monthly MI reporting. CCAB qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) accountant or in final stages of qualification Proven technical accounting knowledge Advanced MS excel skills including e.g. vlookup and pivot tables Financially astute, articulate and technically diligent with the ability to communicate with financial and non financial peers Confident with proven experience dealing with HMRC and other third parties Proven ability to work effectively as a team player Proven ability to act decisively under pressure Previous experience working as a Management Accountant with Month end Management Accounts responsibilities Energetic, highly motivated and with an enquiring mind Passionate about personal and business growth and success Ethical – ensuring we comply with all regulatory bodies in all of our process and procedures, and an unwavering commitment to act with empathy in our decisions and at all levels of the business. Our core sectors are industrial blue collar, technical and professional mid-management appointments. The business is seeking to continue to grow in a sustainable and profitable manner, with an ambitious M&A strategy coupled with further investment planned across new sectors in addition to organic growth.