Corporate Management Accountant

Artis Recruitment Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Management Accountant for a North Bristol business in the Lyde Green area. You will help understand financial performance, forecast future results and support decision-making.

The role covers financial reporting, planning and analysis, with a proactive, independent, and collaborative approach. Strong Excel and preferably Power BI experience are desirable.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to prepare insightful management accounts and reports.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting, challenge assumptions and highlight trends.
• Strong analytical skills to identify opportunities, risks and variances.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and insightful management accounts and financial reports.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting process, challenge assumptions and highlight key trends.
• Perform detailed financial analysis to identify opportunities, risks, variances and improvements.
• Investigate performance against budget and forecast, translating variances into insights.
• Support year-end financial reporting and ensure data is complete and timely.
• Develop financial models to support planning and decision-making.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Power BI

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Are you a commercially minded Management Accountant who enjoys looking beyond the numbers?

We’re looking for a talented Management Accountant with strong analytical skills to join a an established North Bristol business based in the Lyde Green area and play a key role in helping the business understand its financial performance, plan for the future and make better-informed decisions. You’ll be nearly or newly qualified and be someone who doesn’t just want to report what happened – you’ll help to understand why it happened, what’s likely to happen next, and what can be done about it. You’ll have a varied role spanning financial reporting, planning and analysis, including:

• Preparing accurate and insightful management accounts and financial reports
• Leading the budgeting and forecasting process, challenging assumptions and highlighting key trends
• Performing detailed financial analysis to identify opportunities, risks, variances and areas for improvement
• Investigating performance against budget and forecast, turning variances into meaningful business insight
• Supporting the year-end financial reporting process and ensuring financial information is complete, accurate and delivered on time
• Developing financial models and analysis to support business planning and decision-making
• Working with budget holders and stakeholders across the business to improve financial understanding and accountability
• Presenting financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Continuously looking for ways to improve reporting, processes and the quality of financial information available to the business

You’ll be someone who has a proactive approach and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with others along with having strong excel and ideally Power BI experience. Your analysis will help shape budgets, improve performance, identify opportunities and support important business decisions so if you’re an analytical thinker, a natural problem-solver and someone who gets excited by what story the numbers can give, we’d love to hear from you.