Senior Management Accountant
Manchester, United Kingdom
Full Time
Accounting and Finance
Experienced
About Us
Airswift is the leading workforce solutions provider to the STEM industries. For over 40 years Airswift has been transforming lives through the provision of international workforce solutions to STEM industries. Today, we are an integrated team of over 900 employees across 37 countries, supporting over 8,000 contractors globally.
We are a people business – we transform lives through the world of work. We care about wellbeing, community engagement and our planet – we plant a tree for every person placed in a job globally! We have a passion for growth, including investing in the development of our people.
We support professionals looking for jobs with exceptional firms in the technology, construction, and engineering sectors.
Role Description
The Senior Accountant is responsible for producing and analysing monthly management accounts, forecasts, and budgets for European profit centres, ensuring accurate revenue recognition, and managing accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations. They will conduct variance analysis, review overheads and staff costs, respond to P&L queries, and lead the revamp of management accounts to be audit ready. Additionally, they will support statutory accounts preparation, contribute to process improvements, and manage the accounts payable team, providing leadership and coaching.
This role offers a hybrid working pattern!
Principle Accountabilities:
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Airswift, we believe that diversity is critical to our success and makes us a great place to work. We are committed to building an equal opportunity workplace, the more inclusive we are - the better our work will be.
Airswift is the leading workforce solutions provider to the STEM industries. For over 40 years Airswift has been transforming lives through the provision of international workforce solutions to STEM industries. Today, we are an integrated team of over 900 employees across 37 countries, supporting over 8,000 contractors globally.
We are a people business – we transform lives through the world of work. We care about wellbeing, community engagement and our planet – we plant a tree for every person placed in a job globally! We have a passion for growth, including investing in the development of our people.
We support professionals looking for jobs with exceptional firms in the technology, construction, and engineering sectors.
Role Description
The Senior Accountant is responsible for producing and analysing monthly management accounts, forecasts, and budgets for European profit centres, ensuring accurate revenue recognition, and managing accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations. They will conduct variance analysis, review overheads and staff costs, respond to P&L queries, and lead the revamp of management accounts to be audit ready. Additionally, they will support statutory accounts preparation, contribute to process improvements, and manage the accounts payable team, providing leadership and coaching.
This role offers a hybrid working pattern!
Principle Accountabilities:
- Production of monthly management accounts, forecasts, and annual budgets for the European profit centres.
- Production and review of contractor margins using accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all revenue is accounted for and billed within agreed timeframes.
- Review overhead spending and staff costs and identify any items that deviate from expectations.
- Variance analysis – comparison of actual v forecast and current month v last month to understand the movement in the period.
- Be able to respond to P&L queries tabled by the Regional Director and Finance Manager along with Country Directors.
- Responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations for the entities under their remit, using company defined summary templates
- Managing the integrity of the balance sheet by identifying opportunities and risks and escalating where appropriate.
- Management Accounts revamp project. Working towards building audit ready management accounts packs. Review current processes and controls and feedback improvement to the Finance Manager.
- Preparation and delivery of regular reports to senior management.
- Be involved at key stages of development and play an integral part in the growth of the Airswift accounting team.
- Statutory Accounts Production – providing TBs, Ledger extracts and Balance Sheet accounts & samples to auditors for testing.
- Manage, coach and lead the accounts payable team.
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA only).
- Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
- Ability to work in a time-sensitive environment with non-flexible deadlines.
- Ability to be flexible and able to multitask with day-to-day workflow.
- Ability to display resilience and overcome objections.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Work experience in a Management Accounts role (or similar) of 2+ years.
- Self-motivated and possess the ability to work equally across a team or individually.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work to strict deadlines. Must be able to manage own time efficiently.
- Effective communicator who is articulate, professional and confident always, both with finance and non-finance colleagues.
- Accountable, driven-attitude, flexible and adaptable characteristics required as an individual.
- Previous experience working with either one or more accounting systems, ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365. Knowledge of the Tempest payrolling system is beneficial but not required.
- Robust and thorough knowledge of double entry bookkeeping.
- Confident in challenging existing processes and holding colleagues to standards set out by Senior Management.
- Attractive monthly base salary + competitive commission/performance bonus.
- Genuine career progression opportunities, either locally or globally!
- World-class training programmes and development opportunities
- Virtual Onboarding Events exclusively for new hires.
- Team driven environment, supportive culture with a focus on work-life balance.
- Career breaks available after one year.
- Real time recognition through our employee reward platform.
- Mental Health First Aiders to signpost you to support when you need it.
- Yearly destination trips as part of our High Flyers program (Dubai, Buenos Aires, etc…)
- Charity days for various importance causes such as Relay for Life and Earth Day.
- Growth - In life and business, one must grow to flourish and achieve high ambitions. Growth requires change, challenge, risk and sacrifice - we will always choose growth.
- Life – Above all else, we value life. The quality of life, both in and outside of work, profoundly influences our well-being and our impact on the world.
- Excellence - We deliver, holding ourselves accountable for results. Our customers see excellence in everything we do.
- Integrity - We are ethical, open, honest and authentic. People trust us to do the right thing for the right reason.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Airswift, we believe that diversity is critical to our success and makes us a great place to work. We are committed to building an equal opportunity workplace, the more inclusive we are - the better our work will be.
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