Qualified Management Accountant

Location: Stowmarket, Suffolk Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Take Ownership. Drive Performance. Lead Change. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Management Accountant to join a well-established and growing business in Stowmarket. This is a broad and commercially focused role where you'll take ownership of the management accounts process, provide meaningful financial insight to senior stakeholders, and play a key role in driving business performance.

You'll be responsible for leading month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities, managing a small team, and partnering with operational leaders to ensure robust financial control and informed decision-making.

The Role Reporting into senior finance leadership, you will:

• Own the month-end management accounting process for designated business areas.
• Deliver accurate and timely management accounts, financial analysis and reporting.
• Analyse revenue, costs and margins, identifying trends and explaining variances against budget and forecast.
• Produce detailed monthly reporting packs and present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, supporting strategic business planning.
• Maintain strong financial controls, ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
• Support audit requirements and regulatory reporting obligations.
• Review and approve key financial transactions and expenditure.
• Manage, mentor and develop junior finance team members.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance reporting, controls and efficiency.

About You To be successful in this role you will have:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification (or equivalent).
• Strong management accounting experience within a commercial environment.
• Proven experience producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
• Experience analysing large volumes of financial data and turning insights into actionable recommendations.
• A solid understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and audit processes.
• Previous experience managing or supervising finance team members.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling and data analysis.
• The confidence to challenge, influence and build relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Excellent attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary
• Annual salary review
• Employer pension contributions of up to 10%
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Enhanced family-friendly benefits
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Supportive and collaborative working environment

Apply Now This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to step into a highly visible role with genuine scope to influence business performance, develop a team, and progress their career within a successful and forward-thinking organisation.