Head of accounting Work, Jobs in Kettering, Nth (with Salaries)

Head of General Ledger
RS Group —Corby
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Accounting
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Management Accountant
Gamtol Ltd —Gaddesby
- £45,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- CRM software
- Microsoft Excel
- Salesforce
- Sick pay
Quick apply
10d
Management Accountant (FEAS)
Cranfield University —Cranfield
- £48,760 - £71,050 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
Head of Sustainability
Culina Group —Lutterworth
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Accounting
- Communication skills
Quick apply
7d
Finance Business Partner - Transport (Peterborough or London UK)
URBN —Peterborough
- Full-time
- Oracle
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
- Employee discount
Management Accountant
Siemens —Northampton
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
6d
Financial Controller - John Lobb
Hermès Paris —Northampton
- Full-time
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
Corporate Finance Manager
Northamptonshire Children's Trust —Northampton
- £52,043 - £58,240 a year
- Full-time
- Accounting
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
2d
Finance Business Partner
Huntingdonshire District Council —Huntingdon
- £41,934 - £46,945 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Flexitime
9d
Purchase Ledger Clerk
FSG Property Services Ltd —Milton Keynes
- £27,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
- Time management
- Free parking
Quick apply
7d
Finance Manager
Quartzelec —Rugby
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Supervising experience
Treasury & Receivables Facility Analyst
City Plumbing —Crick
- Full-time
- Oracle
- Sales
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d
Senior Systems & Project Accountant
Howden Group Holdings —Milton Keynes
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Travel
- Communication skills
Finance Systems Implementation Manager
Taylor Rose —Peterborough
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Project management
- Communication skills
Project Management Coordinator
Next 15 Group plc —Leicester
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
3d
Project Accountant
The HR Branch Ltd —Peterborough
- £55,000 - £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- ERP systems
- Travel
- Work from home
Quick apply
Legal Assistant (Court of Protection)
HCR —Northampton
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Gym membership
3d

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Head of General Ledger

RS Group -
Corby

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Job details

Permanent

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount

Qualifications

SAP
ACA
Change management
Analysis skills
Accounting
Mentoring
Organisational skills
IT
Leadership
Communication skills
Negotiation

Full job description

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby office.

Contract Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a highly skilled and forward‑thinking Head of General Ledger to lead our operational accounting function within Global Shared Business Services (GSBS). This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for ensuring accurate, efficient, and well‑governed financial operations across 13 operating companies in EMEA. You will lead a team of c.20 accounting professionals, oversee key financial processes including audits, group reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany operations, and play an essential role in transformation, automation, and acquisition integration. If you excel at driving accuracy, strengthening controls, and inspiring teams through change, this is a high‑impact role where you can shape the future of our global finance operations.

What You Will Be Doing

Leading, coaching, and developing a high‑performing operational accounting team of around 20 people.
Managing the year‑end audit process, ensuring timely and accurate submissions; reporting to the EMEA Finance Controller.
Overseeing monthly group reporting for 13 operating companies, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations across EMEA to guarantee completeness and control integrity.
Strengthening intercompany processes and ensuring effective month‑end reporting flows.
Developing team capability through training, mentoring, and knowledge‑building.
Ensuring accurate SAP year‑end roll‑forward and managing key SAP‑related accounting processes.
Creating GB payroll postings and circulating financial reports to management accountants.
Driving automation and efficiency improvements, especially across banking operations.
Ensuring appropriate authorisation coverage in all operational banks.
Leading the operational accounting integration of new acquisitions, including SAP flow testing.
Supporting the rollout of new T&E systems across EMEA.
Managing budgets, promoting strong governance, and ensuring compliance with RS Group policies.
Driving process standardisation, continuous improvement, and delivery of operational excellence targets.
Supporting global GSBS transformation initiatives spanning people, process, control, systems, and migration activities.

What You’ll Bring

Essential

Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
Extensive experience in operational accounting leadership and managing teams.
Strong SAP knowledge and hands‑on experience with financial processes.
Proven experience managing audits, group reporting and complex accounting cycles.
Strong change management experience with a track record of delivering successful business transformation.
High emotional intelligence and excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability, with the ability to generate actionable insights.
Demonstrated ability to influence, collaborate, and build strong relationships across matrixed environments.
Proven coaching, leadership, and facilitation skills at all organisational levels.
Experience managing business transitions and driving benefit realisation.
Ability to operate effectively across geographies and time zones.
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and deliver to challenging deadlines.
A positive, flexible mindset and role‑model behaviours aligned to our values.

Desirable

Strong understanding of project budgeting, benefit management, and financial KPIs.
Experience leading change and IT implementations at organisational scale.
Change management qualification or equivalent.
Process improvement or subject‑matter expertise in financial operations.
Additional European languages.
Experience negotiating with and managing third‑party providers.

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

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