Management Accountant

Verisk; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data analytics company is seeking a Management Accountant to oversee financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance processes. The role involves collaboration with various teams to provide insights and enhance financial transparency. Candidates should have a ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification and at least 2 years of post-qualification experience in a similar role. Strong Excel skills and familiarity with Oracle Fusion are essential.

Benefits

Flexible work opportunities

Professional development support

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• 2+ years post-qualification experience as a Management Accountant or Financial Analyst.
• Hands-on experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Solid understanding of management accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Conduct variance analysis and monitor key cost drivers.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel

Variance Analysis

Collaboration skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Oracle Fusion

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

This is a key role with responsibility for producing accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring strong financial control, and supporting effective decision-making through insightful analysis. While the role will primarily focus on IUPR, the successful candidate will also contribute to wider finance initiatives across the enterprise, helping to drive consistency in financial practices and standards group-wide.

You will play a central role in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance reporting, while continuously identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance financial transparency. Ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and corporate policies, you will provide clear, actionable insights that influence strategic priorities and operational efficiency. Acting as a trusted business partner to internal stakeholders, you will collaborate closely with central finance, audit, tax, and legal teams to support integrated financial management and maintain strong governance across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Management Reporting: Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and supporting schedules, ensuring integrity and completeness of financial information.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts across revenue, expenses, headcount, and CAPEX, providing variance analysis and insightful commentary.
• Revenue & Cost Analysis: Ensure accurate revenue recognition, monitor key cost drivers, and perform variance analysis to highlight financial trends and opportunities.
• Expense Management: Analyse expenditure regularly, identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiency improvements.
• Accounts Receivable: Conduct AR and bad debt reviews, and lead AR and debt collection processes.
• Process Efficiency & Standardisation: Drive standardisation and efficiency across finance operations and business units.
• General Ledger & Journal Entries: Prepare, reconcile, and review general ledger (GL), balance sheets, and journal entries on a monthly basis.
• Audit & Compliance: Support internal and external audit processes, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and SOX controls.
• Cross‑Functional Support: Partner with business teams and group finance to provide financial insight, ensure consistency in reporting, and contribute to business‑as‑usual (BAU) finance activities.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion ongoing enhancements to finance processes, systems, and controls.
• Ad‑Hoc Analysis: Provide ad‑hoc financial reporting and analysis to support management decision‑making.
• Additional Duties: Perform any other duties commensurate with the level and scope of the role.
• Process & Systems Improvement: Contribute to continuous improvements in financial systems, processes, and controls to drive efficiency and accuracy.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (or equivalent) with 2+ years post‑qualification experience
• Proven experience as a Management Accountant, Financial Analyst, or similar role
• Hands on experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting skills
• Strong Excel skills and experience with financial systems (e.g., Oracle Fusion)
• Solid understanding of management accounting principles and performance and variance analysis
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate and insightful management information for stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively across finance and non‑finance teams, acting as a trusted business partner
• Solid working knowledge of the core MS Office packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

About Us

For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.

At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we've been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best‑Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World's Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

We're 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.

Verisk Businesses

• Underwriting Solutions – provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
• Claims Solutions – supports end‑to‑end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
• Property Estimating Solutions – offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day‑to‑day workflows the most efficient
• Extreme Event Solutions – provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
• Specialty Business Solutions – provides an integrated suite of software for full end‑to‑end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
• Marketing Solutions – delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
• Life Insurance Solutions – offers end‑to‑end, data insight‑driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
• Verisk Maplecroft – provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

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