Management Accountant - Payroll

Our client is seeking a Management Accountant - Payroll for a contract opportunity within a complex finance environment. The role will focus on assessing, validating and certifying the integrity of balance sheet and control accounts across multiple entities, supporting audit readiness, control remediation and sustainable process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct structured reviews of balance sheet and control accounts against established reconciliation policies

Assess account completeness, accuracy, supporting evidence, reconciling items and outstanding balances

Reconstruct account history, where required, to identify root causes, historical inaccuracies and potential misstatements

Investigate unsupported balances and aged reconciling items by tracing general ledger postings back to source data

Work collaboratively with local payroll, finance, shared services and external finance teams to resolve variances

Oversee corrective actions and verify that balances are accurate, complete, supported and policy compliant

Prepare formal account health reports, balance sheet certification packs and audit-ready supporting documentation

Drive standardisation through reconciliation tools, payroll-focused account guidelines, review timetables and clear escalation processes

Key Deliverables:

Documented historical balance sheet reviews covering up to three years of activity

Account health assessments for all relevant and material balance sheet accounts

Fully reconciled and cleared material control accounts

Formal balance sheet certification packs suitable for audit and due diligence review

Reduction of aged and unsupported balances

A sustainable, standardised reconciliation and certification framework

Job

Requirements

Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent professional qualification

Strong experience in balance sheet reconciliation, account review and control account investigation

Experience of month-end close within a complex or multi-entity finance environment

Proven ability to investigate historical accounting issues and work with incomplete or poor-quality data

Understanding of payroll accounting, payroll reconciliations and related finance controls

Experience supporting audit, financial due diligence, control remediation or transformation programmes is desirable

Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and the ability to deal effectively with ambiguity

Demonstrable perseverance, adaptability and a clear drive for results

Performance Measures:

Validated historical accounts and completed balance sheet reviews

Reduction in aged reconciling items and elimination of unsupported balances

Accuracy and completeness of balance sheet certification documentation

Timely completion of monthly reconciliations and sign-off

Reduction in audit findings relating to balance sheet accounts and financial controls

If you are a qualified Management Accountant with strong balance sheet, payroll reconciliation and control account experience, this contract opportunity offers the chance to make a significant impact across a complex finance function. Apply now to be considered