Senior Management Accountant
- Employer
- Hays Senior Finance
- Location
- Blackburn, England, Lancashire
- Salary
- GBP47000.0 - GBP58000.0 per annum + Up to £58K + Bonus
- Closing date
- 3 Mar 2025
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- Sector
- Retail and wholesale
- Salary band
- £40,000 - £50,000, £50,000 - £60,000
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Where will they be working
- Hybrid - mostly office
Job Details

Your new company
Join an established finance team within a large, growing business in Blackburn as a Senior Management Accountant. As a business, they pride themselves on offering excellent progression opportunities to their employees, and you'll be surrounded finance leaders you can learn from as you build your career in finance.
Your new role
As a Senior Management Accountant, you will be an integral part of the Management Accounting team, ensuring key financial close activities and day-to-day operations are completed accurately and on time. Your role will involve partnering with the business within a specified area of responsibility, providing specialist advice, producing quality and accurate monthly management accounts, and identifying opportunities for improvement. You will support the design and delivery of new accounting approaches, and offer mentorship to junior accountants in the team as they complete their studies.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will need to be a fully-qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA). A knowledge of IFRS is preferable, along with strong technical accounting skills. You should have proven experience in management accounting and financial reporting, with the ability to produce accurate and timely management accounts, or you could be coming as a first-time mover from Practice. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will need to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders. You should be proficient in using accounting software and have strong analytical skills to interpret complex financial data. The ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, while maintaining attention to detail, is crucial. Strong problem-solving skills and commercial acumen are also important for this role.
What you'll get in return
A salary up to £58K depending upon experience, plus a performance-based bonus, and a range of benefits including 25 days' holiday. You will work on-site at their offices in Blackburn, with good transport links, and the business offers flexible working hours, and some hybrid flexibility too. Excellent progression opportunities are on offer within the business, with various routes you can take within your finance career development.
What you need to do now
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
- Corporate Governance
- Credit Control
- Part-Qualified Accountant
- Payroll
- Public Practice Accounting
- Public Services Accounting
- Senior Finance – Qualified
- Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
- Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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