Management Accountant

Maintel; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Maintel is seeking a Management Accountant to join our Finance team in Blackburn on a hybrid basis. You will help deliver accurate monthly reporting and partner with stakeholders across the business to understand financial performance and inform decisions.

This role blends the technical side of management accounting with analysis, business partnering and continuous improvement, supporting budgets, forecasts and financial controls.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA or equivalent with finance experience.
• Solid understanding of management accounts, balance sheets and controls.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Manage month-end journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Partner with budget holders and stakeholders to understand variances.
• Produce financial reports, dashboards and commentary for senior management.
• Support audit, VAT and wider compliance activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and controls.

Skills

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)

Job description

Are you a part-qualified or qualified Management Accountant looking for a role where you can do more than simply produce the numbers?

We're looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team at Maintel, supporting the delivery of accurate monthly reporting while working closely with stakeholders across the business to help them understand financial performance and make informed decisions.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining the technical side of management accounting with analysis, business partnering and continuous improvement.

What you’ll be doing:

• Preparing monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and financial planning
• Managing month-end journals, accruals and prepayments
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies
• Partnering with budget holders and non-financial stakeholders to understand performance, costs and variances
• Producing financial reports, dashboards and meaningful commentary for senior management
• Supporting audit, VAT and wider financial compliance activity
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes and controls

What we’re looking for:

You’ll be full or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent) with hands-on finance/accounting experience and a solid understanding of management accounts, balance sheets and financial controls.

You'll also be confident with Excel, comfortable communicating financial information to non-finance colleagues, and able to work accurately to deadlines in a fast-paced environment. We're particularly keen to speak to people who are proactive, collaborative and always looking for ways to make things work better.

Blackburn | Hybrid working

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