Group Management Accountant | 12 Month FTC

Your tasks

We’re looking for a Group Management Accountant to join our finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You’ll support accurate, timely group reporting and help provide clear financial insight to stakeholders across the business. This role combines hands-on month-end accounting with consolidation, analysis and process improvement.

• Preparation of the monthly management accounts, including professional judgement &valuation, ensuring that all reporting deadlines are met
• Preparation of monthly forecasts and annual budgets, liaising with the operational business and support functions, in order to provide detailed and accurate plans
• Preparation of the annual statutory accounts and tax information, assisting in external and internal audits
• Identification & implementation of ways to reduce reporting time periods
• Preparation & analysis of the weekly margin reports providing MI to senior stakeholders
• Spend reviews to identify variances to Budget / Forecast & provide analysis to mitigate
• Maintain the Balance Sheet with engagement across divisions to ensure clearance of outstanding items, mitigating risk & identifying opportunities
• Assist in the maintenance of Power BI reports across the business, making constant improvements
• Reconciling gross profit on a monthly basis
• Calculation and processing of all commission and bonus payments
• Processing of prepayments, fixed asset depreciation, accruals and intercompany transactions
• Spot & resolve issues to support effective transaction processing
• Business partnering with Directors in the operational business

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• Experience in a management accounting role, ideally within a group or multi-entity environment.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent relevant experience.
• Good knowledge of management accounting, month-end reporting and financial controls.
• Experience with group consolidation and intercompany accounting is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial information and explain variances clearly.
• High attention to detail and a methodical approach to reconciliations and reporting.
• Confident using finance systems and Excel, with the ability to work with large datasets.
• Well organised and able to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to build effective relationships with colleagues across the business.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to contribute to group-wide financial reporting and work closely with a range of finance and operational stakeholders. You’ll bring your accounting expertise to a collaborative team, support sound business decisions and help strengthen reporting processes during a 12-month fixed-term contract.