Regional Accountant

Regional Accountant / Finance Manager – £50-£60k+Car+Bonus Lancashire (Hybrid)
Lancaster & Rossendale | Growing Group | Real influence across two sites

A fast-growing, multi-site group has recently expanded into the Lancaster area and, off the back of that, created a brand-new Regional Accountant / Finance Manager role. You’ll look after two subsidiary businesses – one in Lancaster, the other near Rossendale – with a hybrid set-up that usually looks like 1–2 days a week at each site once you’re settled in. Because of that, they’re looking for someone based in Lancashire who’s happy doing the rounds and getting properly involved with both teams.

The group operates across several sectors, so experience in distribution, manufacturing, production or retail / e-commerce would be a real advantage. You’ll report to a Head of Finance based offsite, but the day-to-day impact is very local. You’ll work closely with senior managers on both sites, shaping how finance supports growth, driving improvements, and being the go-to person for anything numbers-related.

This isn’t a narrow reporting role it’s hands-on, varied, and gives you genuine influence. Key parts of the job include:

• Producing full management accounts, plus analysis against budget and last year
  • Supporting Group stakeholders during month-end and seasonal peaks
  • Accruals, prepayments and monthly balance sheet recs
  • Keeping fixed asset registers up to date and posting depreciation
  • Helping build annual budgets for each site
  • Playing a key role in internal, interim and year-end audits
  • Preparing statutory accounts
  • Producing monthly cashflow statements and profit forecasts
  • Supporting local finance teams across ledgers, bank recs and payment runs
  • Preparing VAT submissions for Group consolidation
  • Assisting with monthly payroll alongside internal and external support
  • Improving systems and processes to align with wider PLC standards
  • Business partnering across both sites to support commercial decisions
  • Margin reporting, pricing analysis and KPI development
  • Operational analysis (production volumes, efficiencies, resourcing etc.)
  • Leading post-CAPEX reviews and supporting investment decisions
  • Handling ad-hoc compliance and internal reporting

Who we’re looking for

A fully qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with experience at a similar level. Someone comfortable working independently, managing deadlines and juggling the needs of two sites without dropping the ball. Strong systems skills are important too – one site currently uses QuickBooks, and the group is considering a move to MS Dynamics down the line.

Most of all, this suits someone who wants variety, visibility and the chance to shape how two growing businesses operate. The group is big on innovation and sustainability and genuinely backs its people to develop.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge and you’d like to chat it through, just give me a shout, interviews are being arranged for next week (3^rd Dec onwards).