Management Accountant

Kier Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Birmingham is seeking a Management Accountant to join our finance team. You will support contract management with monthly management accounts and financial reporting, delivering timely insights and ensuring robust internal controls.

You will prepare management accounts through trial balance, perform variance analysis for senior management, and assist with CVR reporting while managing cash recovery and debt processes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Management Accountant in a corporate setting.
• Strong grasp of financial reporting and accounting principles.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines with accuracy.
• Experience interacting with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare management accounts through to trial balance for contracts.
• Conduct variance analysis of contract results for senior management.
• Support monthly CVR completion for accurate reporting.
• Manage cash recovery via monthly applications and third party invoicing, including debt management.
• Lead on contract audit queries internally and externally.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

CVR analysis

Debt management

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

We're looking for a Management Accountant to join our team based in Birmingham.

Location: Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Management Accountant, you'll be working within the finance team, supporting them in delivering timely financial reporting and analysis. Join our finance team and play a key role in supporting the contract management team with monthly management accounts and financial reporting. You'll provide valuable analysis that helps inform business decisions, whilst ensuring strong internal controls and compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively, drive efficiencies, and make a real impact on contract performance.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing management accounts through to trial balance for contracts
• Conducting variance analysis of contract results for senior management
• Supporting the commercial team with monthly CVR completion to ensure accurate reporting
• Managing cash recovery through monthly applications and third party invoicing, including debt management
• Leading on contract audit queries both internally and externally

What are we looking for?

This role of Management Accountant is great for you if:

• You're current working as a Management Accountant
• You have a strong understanding of Microsoft and financial principles
• You can work effectively to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
• You enjoy collaborating with others to build strong relationships across teams
• You're trusted, focused, and committed to delivering what you promise

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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