Accounting Supervisor

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne – Hybrid – 3DPW on-site
Salary: £45-48K PA
Benefits: Profit Share Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Accident Insurance, Income Protection, Flexible Benefits Package, Health & Wellbeing Support, Learning & Development Opportunities, Values-Led Culture, Employee-Owned Business, and Flexible Benefits to Support You and Your Family.

The Client:
Our client is a globally recognised organisation with an outstanding reputation for innovation, collaboration and operational excellence. With a strong international presence and a people-focused culture, they offer employees the opportunity to work within a supportive environment where professional development, continuous improvement and high-quality service delivery are highly valued.

The Role:
We are seeking an Accounting Supervisor to join a Global Shared Services Finance team on a 2-year fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys combining technical accounting responsibilities with team leadership and stakeholder engagement.
Supporting multiple international regions, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrity of financial reporting, overseeing core accounting activities and driving operational excellence. Working closely with stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Tax, Payroll and other business functions, you will help ensure robust financial controls and high standards of service delivery.

The Candidate:
The successful candidate will be a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional with strong technical accounting knowledge and previous supervisory experience. You will be confident managing competing priorities, leading and developing team members, and building effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
You will ideally be working towards, or have completed, a recognised accounting qualification and possess strong experience within financial accounting, general ledger management, reconciliations and month-end processes. Experience within a Shared Service Centre environment, alongside exposure to ERP systems such as Oracle, JDE or similar, would be highly advantageous.
Strong communication skills, advanced Excel capability, excellent organisational skills and a collaborative, customer-focused approach are essential for success in this role.

Duties:

• Lead, coach and develop a finance team, ensuring high performance and service excellence
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely completion
• Manage core bookkeeping activities including bank reconciliations, journals, accruals, prepayments and cash management
• Maintain general ledger integrity and support intercompany accounting and reconciliations
• Oversee fixed asset accounting, including depreciation and disposals
• Support tax, VAT, statutory reporting and audit requirements
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholder queries across global finance teams
• Support month-end and year-end close activities
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and strengthen financial controls
• Ensure compliance with internal finance policies, procedures and reporting requirements

Requirements:

• ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent qualification (part-qualified, qualified or qualified by experience considered)
• Previous supervisory, team leadership or people management experience within a finance environment
• Strong experience of general ledger accounting and balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience with journals, accruals, prepayments, payments and cash allocation processes
• Experience working to strict month-end and year-end deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience using ERP finance systems such as Oracle, JDE or similar
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• A collaborative approach with a strong customer service focus

Nice to Have (Non-Essential)

• Previous experience working within a Finance Shared Service Centre (SSC) environment
• Exposure to Record-to-Report (R2R) processes
• Experience supporting multiple international regions or entities
• Knowledge of intercompany accounting and reconciliations
• Exposure to fixed asset accounting
• Experience supporting VAT, audit or statutory reporting activities
• Involvement in process improvement or finance transformation initiatives

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Job Reference: RL8188