Group Management Accountant

SF Partners; Banbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Recruitment are supporting a growing multi-entity organisation in the appointment of a Group Management Accountant to join their central finance team. Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, the role covers monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting and group consolidation.

This is a broad, hands-on position where you’ll provide insightful commentary on performance and support budgeting, forecasting and external audit.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified CIMA/ACCA accountant with strong management accounting and month-end experience.
• Experience within a multi-entity or Group environment preferred, strong technical grounding and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ability to provide meaningful financial analysis and challenge numbers rather than just report them.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly management accounts across multiple entities.
• Month-end journals, accruals, prepayments and provisions.
• Ownership of balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls.
• Supporting Group consolidation and intercompany accounting.
• Variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods.
• Provide commentary and insight around financial performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and external audit.
• Stock, margin and cost accounting; collaborate with operations and non-finance teams.
• Drive improvements to finance processes, systems and reporting.

Skills

Management accounting

Month-end

Financial analysis

Balance sheet reconciliations

Intercompany accounting

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Part-qualified CIMA/ACCA

Tools

Excel

ERP/Accounting software

Job description

Group Management Accountant

South Northamptonshire / North Oxfordshire Border

Permanent | Full Time | Office Based

SF Recruitment are supporting a growing, multi-entity organisation in the appointment of a Group Management Accountant to join their central finance team.

Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, this is a broad, hands-on role with responsibility for producing accurate management accounts, supporting Group reporting and providing meaningful analysis around business performance.

The Role

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts across multiple entities
• Month-end journals, accruals, prepayments and provisions
• Ownership of balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Supporting Group consolidation and intercompany accounting
• Variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods
• Providing clear commentary and insight around financial performance
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and external audit
• Stock, margin and cost accounting
• Working with operational and non-finance stakeholders
• Supporting improvements to finance processes, systems and reporting

The Candidate

We're looking for a part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified CIMA/ACCA accountant with strong management accounting and month-end experience.

You’ll ideally have experience within a multi-entity or Group environment, although this isn't essential. More important is a strong technical grounding, confidence with balance sheet reconciliations and financial analysis, and the ability to investigate numbers rather than simply report them.

This would suit someone looking for a broad Management Accountant position within a growing business where they can gain exposure across Group reporting, consolidation, commercial analysis and process improvement.