Financial Accounting Manager in Manchester

Would you like to play a key role in UK Finance, helping deliver accurate and insightful reporting for a market-leading business? As a Financial Accounting Manager at Intrum, you'll join our UK Financial Control team and support the integrity and effectiveness of our financial reporting. This role is ideal if you enjoy combining technical accounting expertise with reporting, supporting senior Finance leaders, and ensuring month-end, statutory, and board-level reporting is clear, accurate, and timely. We offer a flexible hybrid working approach, giving you the chance to balance time between our Manchester office and home.

What you will do:

• Prepare and review monthly, and annual financial statements ensuring IFRS compliance.
• Oversee Statutory accounts preparation, liaising with external Audit team to ensure queries are answered promptly.
• Manage the month end close process and timetable ensuring accurate and timely reporting for group consolidation.
• Ensure Balance sheet accuracy through up-to-date reconciliations.
• Tax Reporting including VAT returns and reconciliations.
• Drive process efficiencies in the team to improve month end close timelines, accuracy and controls in the finance function.
• Manage the assistant accountants to ensure tasks are appropriately delegated ensuring their development.
• Involvement in ad-hoc projects impacting the finance function.
• Devoted to the FCA principle of Consumer Duty, by ensuring we are driving good customer outcomes across all aspects of services that have potential to impact our customers.

What we're looking for:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Experience in audit or financial services, with a clear understanding of financial control and reporting for a listed entity subsidiary.
• Hands-on experience with month-end and year-end processes.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and eager to learn and develop further.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
• Fluent in English, highly detail-oriented, and confident communicating at all levels of the business.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and attractive benefits package including 33 days holidays including bank holidays upon commencement, with the ability to buy more or sell back.
• You can participate in gadget schemes and give as you earn charity donation schemes.
• Interactive subsides events.
• Contributory workplace pension scheme.
• Additionally, you'll get an extra day to celebrate your birthday.
• You’ll receive training and coaching for your personal development/progression, and employee recognition programmes to help you grow in your career.
• You’ll have access to private medical insurance, life assurance, and more.
• You’ll enjoy discounts on gym memberships, cycle to work schemes, and a 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• You’ll also have sociable working hours and breakfast snacks provided in the office.

Supportive, open, and value-driven culture: Ethics. Dedication. Solutions. Empathy. Our values aren’t just words hanging in the reception. They guide us all daily. It’s what makes our culture inclusively open, inspiringly supportive and rich in diverse perspectives. It’s why Intrum is a natural home for people ready to make a difference. And it’s why people like you recognise this is the place to do just that.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this position and believe you have the right experience, please send your English CV via the "apply button". Are you curious and have some questions? You’re welcome to contact our recruitment team for more information. Intrum strives to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

About Intrum:

Enabling financial health for people, businesses, and society. Intrum is Europe’s leading credit management services provider, helping businesses secure payments while supporting consumers in regaining financial stability across 20 European countries. With 9,000 dedicated employees, we work every day to create sustainable financial solutions. At Intrum we consider everybody to be a leader. We lead ourselves when we collaborate to meet the needs of our clients and customers. We are all accountable to our actions as well as trust and care for each other. This makes us all leaders, independent of role or responsibility, and this is reflected in our 3 leadership principles: Deliver Impact, Inspire Trust and Embrace Growth. We are an equal opportunities employer and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We will conduct credit, fraud, criminal record, right to work and reference checks as part of our pre-employment screening. You should not be bankrupt, have any outstanding county court judgments on your credit file. You must not have excessive default balances and any outstanding debt will be considered on a case-by-case basis.