Management Accountant

SOLOS Consultants Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy firm is looking for an experienced Management Accountant for a 3-6 month contract to provide financial management support. The successful candidate will help with financial planning and reporting while ensuring strong links with departmental operations. Applicants should have experience in complex financial environments and a good understanding of finance best practices. This role is based in the East Midlands.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounting procedures in a complex financial environment.
• Ability to provide clear financial advice to non-finance specialists.
• Knowledge of finance best practices and reporting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Gaining understanding of departmental operations for effective financial advice.
• Developing management reports to improve financial links with operational activity.
• Delivering accurate financial information for decision-making.

Skills

Financial management

Communication of technical information

Understanding of ERP systems (preferably Oracle)

Project management principles

Experience in Education finance issues

Job description

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Management Accountant to join the business on a 3-6 month contract initially, with the possibility of further extension.

Provision of financial management support and business advice to support the High Needs Recovery Plan, whilst ensuring strong links with Departmental Planning and the Corporate Centre.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Gaining sufficient understanding of the Department and its operations to ensure that financial advice and information provided supports effective decision making.
• To understand and keep up to date with changes to the way that we operates providing appropriate financial advice, including partnerships and projects.
• Develop a full understanding of the Department’s needs to ensure that financial issues are identified and support the Business Partner, working with other Finance teams, in ensuring that departmental managers have the appropriate advice, knowledge and skills to discharge their financial responsibilities.
• Deliver accurate, timely and relevant financial information used by the Service Department, including financial reporting and analysis, financial planning and submissions to government or partner organisations.
• Support the development of management reports and the related systems to improve the links between financials, operational activity, quality and targeted outcomes.

What the Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate

• Provide some cover on High Needs (Special Education Needs and Disabilities) financial issues.
• Ensuring integrity of financial information.
• Accounting procedures gained in a complex financial environment.
• Communicating technical financial information to non-finance specialists in an easily understandable way, both in written form and face to face.
• Experience of using a large footprint ERP (preferably Oracle) and reporting tools.
• Involvement with finance or business projects, including an understanding of project management principles.
• Ideally the candidate will have significant experience in Education finance issues.

Knowledge

• Good understanding of all the different areas of finance.
• Developments in the services supported.
• Use of technology to improve management information and working practices.
• Demonstrates understanding and knowledge of Finance best practice, reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques.
• Best practice and efficiency of financial analysis techniques.

This role has been deemed to be in scope of IR35.

Job Information

• Job Title: Management Accountant
• Company: SOLOS Consultants Ltd
• Location:
• Posted: Sep 25th 2025
• Closes: Oct 26th 2025
• Sector:
• Contract: Contract
• Hours: Full Time

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