Group Management Accountant

Fleximize; Ipswich; Presencial; GBP 60.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Private medical insurance

Employee benefit scheme

Team socials

Free breakfast every day

Descripción de la vacante

Fleximize is seeking a proactive Group Management Accountant in Ipswich to own end-to-end group reporting and drive automation of the close process. You will consolidate multiple entities, manage intercompany eliminations, and deliver accurate monthly packs for P&L, balance sheet and cashflow.

You will also prepare investor reports, support covenant and borrowing-base reporting, and mentor junior team members while improving finance processes for scalability.

Formación

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with at least 2 years' post-qualified experience.
• Experience taking ownership of the management accounts process.
• Experience of multi-entity consolidation, including intercompany eliminations.
• Strong Excel skills and comfortable working with large datasets.
• Experience in lending, specialist finance, or the wider financial services sector.

Responsabilidades

• Take ownership of reporting including monthly group management accounts process, from close through to final pack.
• Consolidate multiple entities, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations.
• Prepare the monthly reporting pack, including the P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, and expense analysis and deliver it in line with deadlines.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Calculate bad debt provisions and apply them to the loan book.
• Prepare weekly/monthly/quarterly investor reporting, including borrowing base and covenant reporting.
• Review the month-end close and reporting cycle to find manual bottlenecks.

Conocimientos

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Consolidation

Advanced Excel

Automation mindset

Educación

Qualified ACA/ACCA or CIMA

Descripción del empleo

Location: Ipswich, UK

Fleximize is an award-winning UK lender providing finance to SMEs, both directly and through our introducer partners. As we grow, we want our finance function to grow smarter, not just bigger.

We are seeking a proactive, forward-thinking Group Management Accountant to drive the transformation of our financial operations. In this role, you won't just run the month-end close - you will actively look for ways to break it down, automate it and accelerate it.

We need a natural problem-solver who challenges the status quo, identifies manual bottlenecks and uses modern automation tools to build a highly efficient, scalable accounting function. You will own the group management accounts end to end, deliver accurate reporting to the business and our investors, and help develop the junior members of the team.

Job requirements

• Take ownership of reporting including monthly group management accounts process, from close through to final pack.
• Consolidate multiple entities, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations.
• Prepare the monthly reporting pack, including the P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, and expense analysis and deliver it in line with deadlines.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Calculate bad debt provisions and apply them to the loan book.
• Prepare weekly/monthly/quarterly investor reporting, including borrowing base and covenant reporting.

• Take ownership of reporting including monthly group management accounts process, from close through to final pack.
• Consolidate multiple entities, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations.
• Prepare the monthly reporting pack, including the P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, and expense analysis and deliver it in line with deadlines.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Calculate bad debt provisions and apply them to the loan book.

• Prepare weekly/monthly/quarterly investor reporting, including borrowing base and covenant reporting.

Process improvement and automation

• Review the month-end close and reporting cycle to find manual bottlenecks.
• Assisting with design and implement improvements and automation that make reporting efficient and scalable as the business grows.
• Challenge existing ways of working and bring new tools and ideas to the team.

What we're looking for

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with at least 2 years' post-qualified experience.
• Proven experience taking ownership of the management accounts process.
• Experience of multi-entity consolidation, including intercompany eliminations.
• Strong Excel skills and comfortable working with large datasets.
• A track record of improving or automating finance processes, or a strong appetite to do so.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and consistently delivers reporting packs to deadline.
• A team player who is also confident working on their own initiative.
• Able to train and coach less experienced colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience in lending, specialist finance, or the wider financial services sector.
• Experience calculating loan book provisions and preparing borrowing base or covenant reporting.
• Hands-on experience with implementing AI tools for efficiency

There are plenty of reasons to join us at Flex HQ. From our modern waterfront office (with a fully-stocked kitchen) to our staff perks, including private medical insurance, employee benefit scheme, and more. We're a friendly bunch at Fleximize, with regular team events and socials, and we're excited to welcome you into the family. You can expect:

• Generous holiday entitlement: we offer 25 days holiday entitlement, with the added flexibility to buy and sell annual leave days. You get your birthday off too!
• Professional development: career advancement is as important to us as it is to you. We offer training courses and qualifications to develop your skills and knowledge. Taking time to attend webinars and in-person seminars that can help you in your role is also encouraged
• Healthcare benefits: all team members get private healthcare as standard, which can even be extended to cover your family. We also offer company death-in-service insurance and an enhanced maternity pay scheme
• Perks & discounts: everyone gets access to exclusive discount codes and offers on hundreds of high-street and online stores
• Free breakfast every day: our kitchen is filled with fresh fruit, cereals, and other goodies to start your day right
• Team socials: regular team outings give us all a chance to have fun and relax, whether it's an escape room, theme park, football match, or evening at the local restaurant.

The duties in this job description should be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and respect for all employees and is consistent with Fleximise's policies. The company reserves the right to alter or amend the duties set out in this Job Description in accordance with the needs of the business.

This job description is intended as a general indication of the main responsibilities of the job and does not include detailed instructions of how tasks are undertaken. You may be required to carry out additional tasks within your capability as necessitated by your role within the organisation and to meet the needs of the business