Current Vacancies
TREASURY MANAGER
Type: Permanent
Location: Lancashire
Salary: £55,000 – £70,000
Reference: 17042024TM
JOB OVERVIEW
Our client is looking to recruit a Treasury Manager
Main responsibilities of the role:
- Forecasting FX requirements on a quarterly basis in accordance with Group Policy.
- Managing the FX hedge program in accordance with Group FX policy
- Ensuring compliance with Group FX policy and reviewing and updating as required
- Managing FX cash flows and balances on a weekly/ monthly basis through the use of derivative instruments, mainly swaps
- Planning an identification of risks / opportunities for new tenders and / or territories
- Providing FX pricing and derivative instrument pricing to the business as required
- Evaluating the requirement for; obtaining pricing, application for and managing performance bonds, including working with UKEF and other ECAs
- Introduction and maintenance of processes to manage of commodity risk within the Group.
- Responsibility for evaluating need for new bank accounts and preparing necessary documentation as appropriate.
- Preparation of statutory account disclosures including but not limited to derivatives.
- Work with tax to ensure optimal treasury structures are in place.
- Management of external relationships with Banks and Auditors.
- Management of internal relationships including Commercial, Operations and Procurement.
- All FX risks identified and evaluated – provisions made where appropriate.
- Become “go to person” for FX in the business.
What you will bring:
- Qualified Treasurer/Accountant with at least 5 years practical experience in a similar role.
- Proven track record of working effectively in team environment.
- Proven track record of being able to communicate complex issues in laymen’s terms effectively.
- Proven track record of being able to work / communicate effectively with all levels of the business.
- Personable and team player.
SEMI SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Type: Permanent
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £28,000 – £30,000
Reference: 13022024SSA
JOB OVERVIEW
SEMI SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
What your day to day will look like as a Semi Senior Accountant…working for our growing client in Liverpool
- Preparing year-end financial statements for a wide range of clients
- Calculating corporation and personal tax liabilities
- Supporting Seniors and Client Service Managers with duties beneficial for the wider business
- Creating and developing tax planning ideas
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients
- Raising relevant and coherent queries to assist with Senior and Management review
Skills and experience our new Semi Senior Accountant will have…
- AAT Level 4 and/or studying towards ACA/ACCA (or QBE)
- Passionate about offering a high-quality service
- Friendly, and able to communicate clearly with both colleagues and clients
- Great time management
- Desire to develop and progress
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Type: Permanent
Location: Liverpool City Centre
Salary: £32,000 – £33,000
Reference: 09012024MA
JOB OVERVIEW
Our city centre Liverpool client are looking to recruit a Management Accountant , this is a fantastic opportunity to work in a growing business with hybrid working
Management accounts preparation
- Calculating and posting month end journals
- Checking P&L coding & VAT postings
- Preparation of monthly management accounts – including P&L and other reports
- Commentary and variance analysis of budget vs actuals
- Key client profitability reports
- Tracking profitability
- Balance sheet control and reconciliations
- Assist in generation of profit improvement information, trend and cost analysis & budget comparison
Other responsibilities
- Working on projects with Financial Controller
- Support for Finance Assistants
Liaising with external auditors at year end completion.
The successful candidate must be able to prepare a set of Management Accounts , the system we use is SAGE.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Experience of SAGE is desirable.
The role itself:
IS hybrid – 3 days in the office ( Liverpool city centre) and 2 days WFH. The company is also open to flexible working and even 4 days if a candidate wishes this.
CORPORATE FINANCE LEAD
Type: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000
Reference: 05122023CFL-L
JOB OVERVIEW
Corporate Finance Lead – Manchester and Leeds
Recruitment specialists Dickson O’Brien Associates have recently been instructed by highly reputable, national firm based in the Manchester and Leeds area to source an experienced Corporate Finance Lead in both offices.
They key focuses of the role would be concentrating upon M&A work, transactions, funding, forecasting, with some additional exposure to lead advisory work and due diligence.
Clients would be mid- market OMBs and SMEs, so an overall advisory mindset and skillset would be required. Deals in the region of £5mil to £50 mil.
As Corporate Finance Lead you will bridge the gap between the Partner and the Senior Management team, by not only delivering the more complex reporting, but working with the more junior team members to provide guidance and support.
You will be able to lead meetings and relationships with your clients, providing detailed guidance on the information delivered and guide them through the transaction.
Acting as a lead on assignments, you will be able to pull all aspects together through strong leadership and technical ability. You will be encouraged to network with wider Corporate Finance teams within the business to ensure you are working on a National level to service clients and keep technical expertise current. You will Business Develop , lead and generate work.
As part of the management team, your journey will continue via mentorship by the senior management team in both your local office and wider network to provide soft skills development such as more effective client management and staff management.
The firm have fully embraced agile working and are happy with either office based work 5 days per week, or only a couple of days in the office.
CORPORATE FINANCE LEAD
Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000
Reference: 05122023CFL-M
JOB OVERVIEW
Corporate Finance Lead – Manchester and Leeds
Recruitment specialists Dickson O’Brien Associates have recently been instructed by highly reputable, national firm based in the Manchester and Leeds area to source an experienced Corporate Finance Lead in both offices.
They key focuses of the role would be concentrating upon M&A work, transactions, funding, forecasting, with some additional exposure to lead advisory work and due diligence.
Clients would be mid- market OMBs and SMEs, so an overall advisory mindset and skillset would be required. Deals in the region of £5mil to £50 mil.
As Corporate Finance Lead you will bridge the gap between the Partner and the Senior Management team, by not only delivering the more complex reporting, but working with the more junior team members to provide guidance and support.
You will be able to lead meetings and relationships with your clients, providing detailed guidance on the information delivered and guide them through the transaction.
Acting as a lead on assignments, you will be able to pull all aspects together through strong leadership and technical ability. You will be encouraged to network with wider Corporate Finance teams within the business to ensure you are working on a National level to service clients and keep technical expertise current. You will Business Develop , lead and generate work.
As part of the management team, your journey will continue via mentorship by the senior management team in both your local office and wider network to provide soft skills development such as more effective client management and staff management.
The firm have fully embraced agile working and are happy with either office based work 5 days per week, or only a couple of days in the office.
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester
Salary: £26,000
Reference: 22082023AA
JOB OVERVIEW
The role is key to ensuring the accounting function has an excellent foundation and requires the meticulous attention to detail expected when dealing with client funds.
- Ensure weekly supplier payment requests are tracked and paid in a timely manner.
- Track and chase supplier refunds for cancelled bookings.
- Apply for and track reimbursements from client funds.
- Monitor client fund account for incoming payments and record on booking system.
- Manage cancelled bookings, calculate and issue required refunds
- Reconcile credit card statements.
- Issue adhoc sales invoices.
- Finance mailbox management
- Create, update and document processes.
Successful applicants will have:
- Strong organisational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience dealing with client’s funds in a regulated sector would be beneficial but not essential.
- Ability to prioritise own workload and work with minimal supervision whilst understanding the importance of their role and interdependencies with the wider team.
- Strong interpersonal skills, Confident and effective written and verbal communication.
- Approachable manner that encourages interaction with others.
- Good working knowledge of Excel
- Experience of system implementation beneficial but not essential.
AUDIT MANAGER
Type: Permanent
Location: Cheshire
Salary: £45,000 – £48,000
Reference: 15082023AM
JOB OVERVIEW
Purpose of the role:
The main purpose of the role is to provide professional financial advice and exceptional service to our clients, which comprise mainly of limited companies.
Role duties and responsibilities
- Planning and project managing a portfolio of audit clients
- Review the work of junior staff members and ensure that any review points are addressed.
- Assisting colleagues and trainees within the team with development and technical advice.
- Tracking job progress and billing targets
- Preparation of accounts for limited companies
- Building a positive working relationship with clients including attending client planning and completion meetings.
- Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
- Ensuring work is completed to a high standard and on time
- Dealing with any client queries in a timely and efficient manner
- Converse with computer software including IRIS, Sage, Xero and Quickbooks
- Undertake such other duties that are required commensurate with the role
The ideal candidate:
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with at least 1 years post qualified experience.
- Understanding of UK Audit regulations
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and able to successfully communicate with people at all levels, both financial and non-financial
- Confidently able to offer recommendations and advice to our clients.
- Highly competent with outstanding commercial acumen and a solid grasp of business aims and objectives
- Demonstrable experience and a proven track record in a similar role
- A full UK driving licence is essential
Benefits include:
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- Competitive salary
- Flexible working (3 days office minimum)
- 36 days holiday – inclusive of Bank Holidays/Christmas period
- Pension scheme – 4% employer contribution
- Option to buy/sell a maximum of 5 days holiday
- Employee assistance programme (which includes; Life support, Legal information, Bereavement support, Medical Information, CBT & Managerial Support).
- Life Assurance cover
AAT QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANT
Type: Permanent
Location: Cheshire
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000
Reference: 15082023AATQA
JOB OVERVIEW
- Supporting the accounts portfolio managers to service clients.
- The role will predominantly be a mix of bookkeeping, VAT return preparation, preparation of accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies, preparation of corporation tax computations and returns.
- Some personal tax although this is not the main focus.
- Building a positive working relationship with clients and the practice.
- Ensure compliance with all financial regulations and internal procedures.
- Day to day use of computer software including IRIS, Sage, Xero and QuickBooks.
- Ensuring work is completed to a high standard and on time.
- Dealing with any client queries in a timely and efficient manner.
- Undertake such other administrative duties that are required commensurate with the role.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- AAT qualified with excellent practical experience of bookkeeping and limited company, LLP, partnership and sole trader accounts preparation.
- At least 3 years’ experience working in an accounting practice environment.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and able to successfully communicate with people at all levels, both financial and non-financial.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a professional outlook.
- Good working knowledge of Sage, Xero, IRIS and Microsoft 365.
- Works as part of a team.
- Confidently able to offer advice to our clients.
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
- A full UK driving licence is essential.
ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR
Type: Permanent
Location: Chester
Salary: £35,000 – £40,000
Reference: 03072023AS
JOB OVERVIEW
Accounts Supervisor
Our growing client – a practise in Cheshire is looking to recruit an Accounts Supervisor
The Successful Applicant
This is a mixed role where the successful individual will be will be hands on with accounts preparation, bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT, and preparation of corporation tax returns.
We also expect you to be able to work under your own initiative whilst ensuring filing deadlines are met and building client relationships beyond a pure compliance, technical accounting role.
Experience and qualifications
You will probably be studying or qualified by experience, a keen and capable account senior who is, used to delivering hands on accounts, tax and wider ranging services to varied clients. Experience of client software such as Xero, Quickbooks and Sage would be useful
The practise offers a personable and down to earth environment in which to work. Management of accounts juniors previously would be beneficial.
CORPORATE FINANCE ACCOUNTANT
Type: Permanent
Location: Chester
Salary: £40,000 – £50,000
Reference: 03072023CFA
JOB OVERVIEW
Our client is one of the most highly regarded, growing Corporate Finance teams in the North West. A continued increase in deal flow has created the need to increase headcount and recruit a recently qualified ACA into a Corporate Finance Executive role.
Working as part of a close knit team you will gain exposure to all elements of Corporate Finance. You will also gain exposure to transactional work, financial modelling and analysis, and working on smaller deals and gradually developing within the team to become a key player on large deals. These deals will include MBO’s, MBI’s, acquisitions, disposals and strategic reviews in the mid range sector.
The ideal candidate will be a recently qualified chartered accountant, who has targeted Corporate Finance as a career move, and has excellent communication and commercial skills with the strong personal drive required to succeed in this profession. You should be happy working in a medium sized team were team spirit is very important, and capable of acting on your own initiative in a stand-alone capacity where required. Full training and support will be offered, as the client anticipates the ideal candidate will have little or no exposure to Corporate Finance, but solid experience of working with smaller clients and a strong desire to develop a more commercial skill set. The role will also involve company secretarial work and accounts .
ACCOUNTS SENIOR
Type: Permanent
Location: Chester
Salary: £38,000 – £45,000
Reference: 03072023AS
JOB OVERVIEW
ACCOUNTS SENIOR
Type: Permanent
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £28,000 – £35,000
Reference: 13062023AS
JOB OVERVIEW
Accounts Senior
Our growing client – a practise in Liverpool is looking to recruit an Accounts senior
The Successful Applicant
This is a mixed role where the successful individual will be will be hands on with accounts preparation, bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT, and preparation of corporation tax returns.
We also expect you to be able to work under your own initiative whilst ensuring filing deadlines are met and building client relationships beyond a pure compliance, technical accounting role.
Experience and qualifications
You will probably be studying or qualified by experience, a keen and capable account senior who is, used to delivering hands on accounts, tax and wider ranging services to varied clients. Experience of client software such as Xero, Quickbooks and Sage would be useful
The practise offers a personable and down to earth environment in which to work
CREDIT CONTROLLER
Type: Permanent
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £26,000
Reference: 20022023CC
JOB OVERVIEW
Credit Controller – Allerton – Liverpool .
Job Purpose
Responsible for ensuring that all payments are received in accordance with payment terms and that debt is chased in-line with company procedures.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for ensuring that debts are chased and collected according to customer contracts and company procedures.
Ensuring the maintenance of accurate records and updating company systems.
Carrying out all general accounting tasks as requested by the Accounts Manager.
Processing payments.
Liaising with the liquidators, collection agencies and solicitors regarding issues relating to bad debts.
Dealing with customer queries, adhering to Company policy to resolve issues to meet customer expectations and SLAs.
Escalate issues to management (where appropriate).
FINANCE MANAGER CREWE & WFH
Type: Permanent
Location: Crewe
Salary: £48,000 – £50,000
Reference: 13042023FM
JOB OVERVIEW
Finance Manager for growing business based in Crewe part of a wider group .
Role and Responsibilities
·Preparing monthly accounts and forecast reports including the p&l, balance sheet and supporting commentary
Maintaining accurate financial records
Preparing annual statutory accounts
Manage or manage the team with regard to bank accounts
Purchase Ledger team management
Monthly BS account reconciliations
Monitoring fixed assets
Monthly VAT Returns
Assistance in Corporation Tax works and corresponding with HMRC
Responsible for finance team members, coaching and development
Liaising with external finance providers, professional advisors and Auditors.
·Developing and thereafter preparing monthly sales analysis
In addition – the role requires playing a part in the development of systems and processes for the support of the business and its decision support.
Skills & Personal Attributes
Have attention to detail, whilst being able to understand the big picture.
Alert and commercially aware to identify opportunities to further the business.
Have an appetite to contribute to the success of the business.
Able to work within a small team of people.
Ideally a qualified accountant
·Performance driven with energy and determination.
·Accountable and results orientated.
·Common sense and good judgement, with demonstrable gravitas, personal and professional demeanour
·High level of IT skills – specifically Excel.
·Have an excellent grounding in basic accounting skills.
·Specific system knowledge less important than thorough understanding of accounting and ability to identify issues and propose solutions.
TAX SENIOR
Type: Permanent
Location: South Manchester
Salary: £28,000 – £35,000
Reference: 20122022TS
Job Purpose
Job Title: Tax Senior
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and growing accountancy practice in a Tax Senior role. You will enjoy a varied role; managing a portfolio of clients to ensure that their affairs are dealt with in an accurate and timely manner. This will include dealing with the compliance matters for a range of clients including OMBs, Partners, HNWIs, LLPs and Ltd companies along with client facing work and advisory support.
Corporation tax experience is an advantage, but not essential.
Suitable for an ATT qualified person, or someone qualified by experience, with potential support given to study for CTA for the right candidate.
Duties will include-
The individual will be responsible for a portfolio of clients. The role will require the individual to build and foster relationships with both the client and their business.
Responsibility for all personal tax and corporation tax compliance matters relating to the above portfolio.
Providing a high quality and consistent client service which includes maintaining regular client contact.
Will be required to become involved on enquiry cases on own portfolio of clients, with assistance given where required.
To support other departments as required optimising the overall performance of the business.
Will be encouraged to provide tax-planning advice to clients, directors, and audit managers.
Opportunity to assist the Tax Director with planning and advisory work.
AUDIT & ACCOUNTS SENIOR
Type: Permanent
Location: Greater Manchester
Salary: £38,000 – £45,000
Reference: 20122022AAS
Job Purpose
The role
A newly qualified audit and accounts Senior is being sought to join the office in order to provide direct support to the partners and the Audit / Accounts Manager. The mix of work in the group is varied and consists of a few hundred clients including high net worth individuals, partnerships, trusts, professional sole traders and limited companies with turnovers of up to £70 million, although the average would be nearer £5-10 million.
The successful candidate will be expected to have responsibility for running group audits and for accounts preparation work, to include consolidations and cash flow statements. Preparation of financial forecast models, business plans, reporting on internal controls, financial due diligence and other ad hoc projects will also be required from time to time. The role will include supervising the work of more junior staff and liaising with tax staff, the Partners and our clients, as necessary. Reporting will mainly be to the Audit and Accounts Manager and also to the two partners.
There is excellent potential for growth in this role and company.
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