Management Accountant

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

Job summary

SF Partners is recruiting a qualified Management Accountant to join a growing finance team in a broad role covering management reporting, FP&A, business partnering and process improvement. This ACA/ACCA/CIMA-qualified role focuses on efficient financial reporting and performance insight for the business.

The role encompasses monthly accounts, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and stakeholder-facing reporting to drive better financial decisions.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience in management accounting, FP&A or finance business partnering.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting experience.
• Confident in variance analysis and communicating insights.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and coordinating monthly management accounts and supporting schedules.
• Producing variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Analyzing revenue, costs, margins, headcount and key performance drivers.
• Identifying financial risks, opportunities and root causes of variances.
• Working with budget holders and stakeholders to improve forecast accuracy.
• Producing management information, financial models and ad hoc analysis.
• Coordinating reporting activity across the FP&A team without direct line management.
• Supporting improvements to month-end close, reporting processes and financial controls.
• Helping drive automation and standardisation across finance.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Variance analysis

ERP/FP&A systems

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Education

Fully qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

SF Partners are recruiting for a qualified Management Accountant to join a growing finance team in a broad role combining management reporting, FP&A, business partnering and process improvement.

This would suit an ACA, ACCA or CIMA-qualified accountant who enjoys getting beyond the numbers, understanding business performance and helping improve the quality and efficiency of financial reporting.

The role will include:

• Preparing and coordinating monthly management accounts and supporting schedules
• Producing variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior year
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Analysing revenue, costs, margins, headcount and key performance drivers
• Identifying financial risks, opportunities and underlying causes of variances
• Working with budget holders and operational stakeholders to improve forecast accuracy
• Producing management information, financial models and ad hoc analysis
• Coordinating reporting activity across the FP&A team, without direct line management responsibility
• Supporting improvements to month-end close, reporting processes and financial controls
• Helping drive greater automation and standardisation across finance

What we’re looking for:

• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Experience within Management Accounting, FP&A, Finance Business Partnering or a similar role
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting experience
• Confident producing meaningful variance analysis and commentary
• Experience working across multiple finance teams and stakeholders
• Exposure to improving reporting, month-end or wider finance processes
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP and/or FP&A systems
• Organised, analytical and confident communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders

This is a varied role offering plenty of exposure across reporting, planning, analysis and business partnering, alongside the opportunity to help improve how finance operates.