Senior Accountant (Team Lead)

Whiteley Source: WhatJobs

£63,130

CMA Recruitment Group is working with a major UK organisation in the aerospace sector to recruit a Senior Accountant (Team Lead) on a 14-month fixed term contract, covering maternity leave. The role is based at their Whiteley offices on a hybrid basis.
The business employs several thousand people across the UK and is a long-standing, well-regarded employer in Hampshire. The Senior Accountant sits within a Finance Operations team of around 20, line managing three accountants and helping to lead the wider function, with a strong focus on automation and continuous improvement.
The package includes a pension with up to 18% employer contribution, a 35-hour week with flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working.

What will the Senior Accountant (Team Lead) role involve?

Line managing three accountants, setting objectives and running regular performance reviews
Reviewing outputs and workload across the Finance Operations service team alongside the other Senior Accountants
Overseeing period-end close, P&L preparation and balance sheet reconciliations for assigned business areas
Financial oversight of fixed assets, external funding and billing, cross-company transactions, and UK and overseas statutory and regulatory compliance
Acting as the main point of escalation for the Finance Business Partners, working with them on budgets, forecasts and performance commentary
Interrogating cost drivers, contracts and balances to ensure accurate financial treatment
Working with business stakeholders and Group Financial Control on technical accounting decisions
Supporting the external audit and bid work
Identifying and driving automation, standardisation and digital improvements, and maintaining strong financial controls

Suitable Candidate for the Senior Accountant (Team Lead) vacancy:

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CA) with broad finance experience
Experience managing and developing a team of direct reports
Strong background in period end, balance sheet control and financial controls, ideally within a large or complex organisation
Confident using finance systems and tools such as SAP, BPC, Power BI or Power Automate, and keen to use them to improve processes
Able to build relationships with business partners and operational managers, and to challenge them constructively
Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)