Job Description

Finance Business Partner / Management Accountant (6 Month Contract – Potential to be extended)

Oldham – Hybrid Working

Competitive Salary

Axon Moore have an urgent requirement for an experienced and qualified Finance Business Partner / Management Accountant to join an innovative and forward thinking PE backed business in Oldham.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for the accurate and timely accounting of operational transactions for a number of businesses within the group. This is a crucial finance role that will be part of the Group Finance team, working with senior operational staff and reporting into the Head Of Finance.

The role will primarily focus on ensuring accurate reporting of revenue, accrued income, materials and inventory and related direct costs to ensure that gross margin is accurately recorded in line with relevant accounting standards.

Key Accountabilities:

• Periodic accounting: to ensure income and costs recognised in accordance with accounting standards and ensure accrued / deferred income and costs captured correctly.

• Management Accounts: support on ensuring accurate reporting in management accounts including analysis and commentary of the financial result each period.

• Business Partnering: Work with and support Operational Teams in ensuring accurate business reporting and good operational/cost control.

• Revenue recognition: ensure that all revenue recognised is in line with relevant accounting standards and local group policies.

• Materials and direct costs: ensure all materials are booked in and out of inventory accurately and on a timely basis to ensure accurate costs on a project by project basis. Direct costs should be allocated to specific projects as well as being reviewed overall to ensure effective cost control.

• Balance sheet: Preparation of relevant balance sheets, including reconciliations and supporting documentation ensuring robust support is in place for each balance and reconciling items are cleared on a timely basis.

• External audit: Support on the external audit by ensuring robust reconciliations and support is in place for areas, such as revenue recognition, accrued/deferred income/costs, stock counts and relevant accruals and prepayments.

• Projects: As part of the wider Finance management team participate in or lead business projects i.e. strategic planning, acquisitions and integration, new system implementations etc. 

If you are looking to secure a new role in finance and work with a very entrepreneurial senior leadership team please apply today for further detail. Interviews looking to take place ASAP with an immediate start