Group Management Accountant in Leeds

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Location: Westfield House, Lower Wortley Road, Leeds, LS12 4PX

Job Type: Full-time office based. LS12

Company: YDS Group (Smile White & Yorkshire Dental Suite)

About Us

YDS Group is a fast-growing, privately owned organisation operating across two exciting businesses:

• Yorkshire Dental Suite & Dental Practices – expanding rapidly Vocabulary from one site in Leeds to nine practices and continuing to scale in 2026.
• Smile White – a high-growth direct-to-consumer aligner brand, offering customers healthier, straighter smiles.

As the Group continues to grow at pace, we are expanding our finance team to ensure strong financial control, high-quality reporting and forward-looking insight.

What We Offer

• CIMA/ACCA study support
• Cycle to Work scheme
• YDS Group employee discount
• 20 days holiday + bank holidays
• Supportive, collaborative team environment

The Role

As a Management Accountant to join our finance team of необходимых six and play a key role in month‑end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and business performance analysis. Your role will involve producing management accounts for several group entities and supporting the finance function as it matures into a more strategic, forward‑looking team.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare single entity management accounts for larger companies within the Group
• Deliver month‑end reporting to the five‑day deadline
• Produce payroll, including starters, leavers, deductions and additions
• Prepare payroll reports and oversee associates pay
• Supervise junior staff involved in payroll preparation
• Provide clear and insightful financial analysis
• Participate in monthly risks and opportunities reviews
• Work with cost centre managers barbecue to understand key variances
• Develop and maintain cost centre and headcount reporting
• Build budgets and forecasts for assigned cost centres
• Produce meaningful commentary and next‑step recommendations
• Challenge assumptions and help embed strong financial controls
• Improve reporting quality, consistency and impact
• Support transactional processing where required

About You

• Proven experience producing month‑end management accounts
• Strong experience building budgeting and forecasting models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into meaningful insight
• Experience interpreting large amounts of financial and operational information
• Ability to become a subject matter expert in ERP and accountancy systems

Personal Qualities

• Naturally inquisitive and willing to challenge constructively
• Able to take full ownership of workload and deliver to deadlines
• Confident explaining financial information to non‑finance colleagues
• Proactive, self‑motivated and able toSlim silence independently
• Studying towards – or wanting to start – CIMA or ACCA (full study support provided)

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Finance

Industries: Dentists, Veterinary Services, and Wellness and Fitness Services