Senior Financial & Management Accountant
17 days ago
Leicester
A high-impact Financial Accounting opportunity within a growing multi-site, multi-entity organisation. You'll take ownership of group financial reporting, month-end and year-end close, budgeting, forecasting, statutory accounts and audit, while providing insight to senior leadership and key stakeholders. The role will also play a key part in transforming finance through automation, data analytics, BI and AI-led solutions. \n What you'll do \n\n • Lead the preparation and review of monthly management accounts across multiple entities, ensuring accurate, timely and consistent reporting.\n, • Own the month-end and year-end close processes, coordinating reporting deadlines and resolving issues.\n, • Provide insightful variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior periods.\n, • Take ownership of balance sheet controls, reconciliations and financial governance across the Group.\n, • Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts, challenging assumptions and providing scenario analysis.\n, • Prepare Board-level reporting and financial information for senior leadership, investors and lenders.\n, • Lead the preparation of statutory accounts and act as a key contact for external auditors and professional advisers.\n, • Develop meaningful financial and operational KPIs to support commercial decision-making.\n, • Identify opportunities to improve reporting, controls and processes through automation, BI, data analytics and AI.\n, • Support finance transformation initiatives, including systems implementation, process redesign and reporting automation.\n, • Drive continuous improvement across the wider finance function and help strengthen the organisation's control environment.\n\n What you'll bring \n\n • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).\n, • Strong experience across financial reporting, management accounting and month-end close.\n, • Sound knowledge of statutory accounting, audit and financial controls.\n, • Proven experience with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.\n, • Experience producing Board-level, investor or senior stakeholder reporting.\n, • Strong balance sheet management and reconciliation experience.\n, • Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills.\n, • Experience working within a multi-site or multi-entity environment is highly desirable.\n, • Exposure to a private equity-backed environment would be advantageous.\n, • Experience with BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau or similar would be beneficial.\n, • An interest in leveraging automation, AI and emerging technology to improve finance processes.\n, • Previous experience mentoring or leading finance colleagues would be advantageous.\n, • Commercially minded, analytical and confident communicating financial information to senior stakeholders.\n\n Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates