Join a thriving Hertford-based business where your financial expertise will directly shape strategic decisions and drive commercial success.
Salary: £55k - 60k per year
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Accountant to join a successful Hertford-based business in a key senior finance position. This is a hands-on role offering significant responsibility across management accounts, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and commercial analysis.
We're looking for an accomplished finance professional who can do more than simply report the numbers. You'll be expected to understand what is driving business performance, identify risks and opportunities, challenge where appropriate and provide meaningful financial insight to support commercial decision-making.
This opportunity would suit an established Senior Accountant, or someone currently operating as a strong second-in-command to a Finance Director, who is ready to take ownership and make a genuine impact within the wider business.
Senior Accountant – Job Overview:
- Take ownership of management accounts, budgeting and forecasting
- Produce accurate and insightful financial reporting to support business decisions
- Build, maintain and analyse financial models using Excel
- Identify financial and operational risks and recommend practical solutions
- Provide commercial analysis and insight into business performance
- Support the Finance Director with strategic and commercial projects
- Manage, support and develop junior members of the finance team
- Work closely with budget holders, senior management and non-finance stakeholders
- Review and improve financial processes, controls and reporting
Senior Accountant – Skills & Experience Required:
- Significant experience operating at Senior Accountant level or as deputy/second to a Finance Director
- Fully qualified ACCA, ACA or CIMA, or close to completing one of these qualifications
- Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience
- Excellent commercial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial information and provide meaningful recommendations
- Advanced Excel skills, including building, auditing and interrogating complex financial models – practical Excel capability will be assessed during the recruitment process
- Previous experience managing and developing finance team members
- Strong career history demonstrating progression, increasing responsibility and measurable achievements
- Confident communicator able to engage effectively with senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues
- Proactive and commercially curious with the confidence to challenge constructively and bring new ideas to the business
Senior Accountant – Benefits Offered:
- £55,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience and qualifications
- Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
- Fully office based
- Broad commercial and strategic exposure
- Opportunity to influence financial processes and business performance
- Management responsibility and opportunity to develop the wider finance team
- Varied and challenging role with significant ownership
This Senior Accountant opportunity would suit a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys looking beyond the numbers and wants a role where their analysis, ideas and judgement can genuinely influence business decisions.
Thank you for your application.
Please note Lawrence Dean Recruitment is acting as an employment agency & business. Due to the high number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to all applications individually.
If you have not been contacted within 7 working days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, but we may contact you about other opportunities in the future.
Reference: JOB-10763
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