Group Management Accountant

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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