Company Accountant
📍 Birmingham | 💼 Full-time | 🏢 Office-based | 🕒 Permanent
Robert Half are thrilled to be supporting one of our manufacturing clients as they search for a Company Accountant to join their team. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, with a dotted line to the Group Finance Director, this is a hands-on role with responsibility of ensuring accurate reporting is maintained, and providing key financial support to the business/site.
Key Responsibilities
1. Management Accounts: Preparation of monthly management accounts, reconciliations, journals, reporting packs, and attendance at management meetings.
2. Debtor & Creditor Control: Oversee debtor and creditor ledgers, ensuring invoices, payments, and reconciliations are accurate and timely.
3. Credit Control: Approve new debtor accounts, manage credit limits, and oversee debt collection.
4. Cash Management: Manage weekly cashflows, bank reconciliations, and monthly financing reconciliations.
5. Audit & Compliance: Act as key contact for annual audits, ensuring accurate and timely submission of group reporting packs.
6. Stock & Payroll: Manage stock processes and liaise with payroll providers, ensuring PAYE/NI and pensions are paid accurately and on time.
7. Systems & Administration: Support business operations through oversight of finance-related systems and contracts.
8. Reporting & Analysis: Provide financial insight and analysis to support the MD and sales teams, prepare budgets, and manage customer rebate agreements.
About You
9. Proven experience in a Company Accountant, Finance Manager, or similar role.
10. Qualifications: Ideally AAT Qualified (flexible)
11. Strong knowledge of management accounts, reconciliations, and financial controls.
12. Excellent attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines.
13. Confident communicator able to liaise at all levels of the business.
14. Experience in supervising staff and managing workloads.
Interested to find out more?
Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training.