At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial transactions and collaborate with various teams on complex accounting projects.
- Company: Join a tech-driven private equity-backed group in Stockport, focused on growth and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, market-leading bonus, enhanced pension, and modern office perks.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Perfect for ambitious finance professionals eager to make an impact in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with 5+ years of experience in complex corporate finance.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 £ per year.
Finance Manager - Commercial (KH/6886) Stockport, England
Sewell Wallis is partnering with a Manchester private equity-backed group that is operating at scale across commercial property and construction, whose growth is driven by extensive acquisition investment each year.
Based out of high-spec offices in Stockport, this is an opportunity to join a tech-driven and innovative organisation that values progress and performance.
Their finance function is growing, offering high internal mobility.
Benefits include an enhanced pension and a market-leading bonus scheme, as well as the progression opportunities that come with working in a scaling organisation.
You’ll work a hybrid working pattern with three days based out of the office.
This is an unmissable opportunity for you if you’re an ambitious finance professional looking to grow.
The purpose of the role?
To support/lead on the high volume of ad hoc transactions that occur around the business, ranging from acquisitions, disposals, exit preparation, restructures and refinancing.
The role reports to the Head of Project Accounting and involves working very closely with multiple stakeholders in the business, including the wider Financial Reporting Team, Legal, Capital Markets, Property Accounting, Tax, FP&A, and Asset Management.
What will you be doing?
- Lead on the accounting for property acquisitions and disposals, ensuring transaction mechanics are correctly reflected across all relevant legal entities.
- Lead on the accounting for annual property revaluation processes, including review of entity-level accounting impacts and supporting reconciliations.
- Build and maintain robust Excel models that capture the accounting effects of restructures, debt transactions, distributions, capitalisations and other corporate events through complex group structures.
- Analyse and document transaction flows through multi-tier corporate structures, including holding companies, subsidiaries, partnerships, trusts and other investment vehicles.
- Review legal documentation, including SPAs, loan facility agreements, shareholder agreements, intercompany loan documents, board minutes, distribution paperwork and trust or partnership documentation, to determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
- Advise the wider accounting team on complex transactions, including providing training, technical guidance and review of financial outputs for accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate with financial and non-financial stakeholders to provide accounting advice and analysis to management on ad-hoc transactions.
- Participate in legal entity reporting projects and wider finance transformation initiatives.
- Investigate and resolve accounting issues, including unusual balances, unreconciled intercompany positions, inconsistent entity records and unsupported transaction postings.
What skills do we need?
- Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
- 5+ years post-qualified experience, ideally in group accounting, project accounting, corporate finance, real estate, private equity, infrastructure or another complex multi-entity environment.
- Track record of working in a complex matrix organisation with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
- High exposure to complex corporate events, acquisitions, disposals, refinancings or other transaction-led accounting work.
- Experience producing audit-ready reconciliations, transaction summaries and technical accounting support.
- Strong understanding of corporate legal structures and the interaction between accounting, legal, tax and commercial considerations.
- Demonstrable experience accounting for complex group structures and intercompany funding arrangements.
- Strong technical understanding of intercompany loans, capital contributions, capitalisations, distributions and equity transactions.
What’s on offer?
This business offers a market-leading benefits package with a whole list of attractive perks.
Their offices are extremely modern and they live and breathe a collaborate/wellbeing first culture.
They put on unrivalled company summer and Christmas dos, plus many other benefits including (but not limited to).
- Extremely attractive personal performance related bonus
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Free parking pass
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Finance Manager - Commercial in Stockport employer: Sewell Wallis
As a Finance Manager at our dynamic company, you will thrive in a supportive work culture that values collaboration and innovation. We offer competitive salaries, bonuses, and a robust pension plan, alongside ample opportunities for professional growth and development within a multi-entity environment. Join us in a location that fosters both personal and career advancement, making your role not just a job, but a meaningful career path.
