Group Management Accountant
Chester
Hybrid – minimum of 2 days per week in our offices (flexible working hours between 8:00am and 6:00pm, 37.5 hours per week)
£35,000 – £38,000 DOE
At Proximo, the UK’s leading provider of specialist and adapted replacement vehicles, we are dedicated to keeping people on the move. When vehicles are out of action, we step in to provide replacements, ensuring our customers maintain their independence and mobility.
We’re looking for a motivated Group Management Accountant to join our finance team in Chester. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical accounting experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to play a key role in supporting and developing a growing finance function.
The successful candidate will support our Finance Manager in delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, while also helping to manage and develop junior members of the finance team. This role would suit someone who enjoys improving processes, building strong working relationships, and contributing to wider business success.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll play a key role in supporting the finance function across the business, with responsibilities including:
* Preparation of monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Manager
* Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
* Preparation and posting of journals, including accruals, prepayments and loan postings
* Maintaining the fixed asset register and related accounting
* Producing financial reporting and variance analysis
* Supporting month-end processes and reporting
* Preparing VAT returns
* Processing payment runs
* Managing and overseeing sales and purchase ledger controls
* Assisting with cost centre reviews and budgetary controls
* Supporting external audits and responding to audit queries
* Reviewing and analysing credit control activities
* Ensuring the finance function operates efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis
* Delegating tasks and managing workloads across sales and purchase ledger clerks
* Handling internal finance queries and communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders
* Supporting and developing junior team members through regular 1-1s and ongoing coaching
* Identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting, and communication across the finance function
We’re Looking for Someone Who
* Has previous experience within a Management Accounts or Assistant Management Accountant role
* Has strong technical accounting capability
* Holds an AAT Level 4 qualification (desirable), although candidates qualified by experience will also be considered
* Has prior experience working within a medium to large organisation
* Has experience supporting businesses through external audit processes
* Has strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, and formulas
* Is highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
* Has excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
* Is confident communicating with stakeholders across the business
* Has experience allocating work and overseeing operational finance workloads
* Is comfortable supporting and managing junior team members
* Has a proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and process enhancement
* Works well independently and collaboratively within a team
What We Offer
We’re an Investors in People Silver employer, and we invest in our people with the right tools, support, and training to help you do your best work.
Our benefits include:
* 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off
* Hybrid working after probation
* Medicash healthcare plan, including optical, dental, physiotherapy, and more
* Events throughout the year, including an end-of-year party
* Funding for qualifications and apprenticeship schemes
* Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
* Pension contributions of 5% from you and 5% from us
* £1,000 employee referral bonus
* Monthly wellbeing hour
* Tech scheme and retail cashback scheme
* Service reward scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Casual dress code
We’d love to hear from you. Apply with your latest CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.
Before You Go…
For Proximo, having a friendly, diverse, and inclusive atmosphere is crucial to achieving our best-in-class goal. When everyone feels free to be their best selves at work, Proximo thrives. We want our employee base to reflect the diversity of our customer base. While we strive to maintain a culture where employees feel appreciated and valued for their individual potential, we celebrate diversity. Our dedication to diversity is authentic, continuously developing, and driven from the top down.
Proximo takes great pride in being open to everyone. No matter your gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnicity, religion, or social background, we encourage you to apply.
We support flexible working and welcome conversations around flexibility in hours, location, or ways of working. We also want to ensure you receive the support you need throughout the recruitment process, so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application.
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