Management Accountant

Compassion in World Farming; Godalming; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health Cash Back Plan

GP access

EAP MHFA

Cycle Benefit

Job summary

Compassion in World Farming International is seeking a Management Accountant to strengthen financial insight, reporting and data integrity across our global organisation. This permanent, full-time role is based in Godalming with a hybrid pattern of 2 days per week in the office.

You’ll lead monthly management accounts, support budgeting/forecasting, and ensure robust coding and reporting structures within Netsuite, enabling informed decision-making and strong financial governance.

Qualifications

• Experience producing monthly management accounts with variance analysis and clear commentary.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Experience working with accounting/finance systems (ideally Netsuite).
• Strong Excel skills including lookups, pivots and data analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail with proactive error correction.
• Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience in charity finance, restricted/unrestricted funds and donor reporting is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Management reporting and analysis: monthly management accounts, variance analysis, clear commentary.
• Budgeting and forecasting: support annual budgets and periodic forecasts; monitor staff costs.
• Financial data integrity: maintain coding structures, grant records and reporting frameworks (Netsuite).
• Stakeholder support: help budget holders understand financial performance and reporting requirements.
• Process improvement: identify ways to improve reporting, processes and financial insight.

Skills

Management reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Communication to non-finance

Education

Netsuite experience

Tools

Netsuite

Job description

Compassion in World Farming International is a global movement transforming the future of food and farming. Join us as our Management Accountant and help strengthen the financial insight, reporting and data integrity that supports effective decision-making across our global organisation.

Management Accountant

Role type: Permanent; Full time

Location: Godalming, Surrey - HQ. Hybrid working pattern 2x days per week in the office. The office is located close to Godalming station, with direct trains from/to London Waterloo in approximately 45 minutes.

Salary: £39,000 - £48,000 per annum, depending upon skills and experience

About the role

As our Management Accountant, you'll play an important role in helping Compassion in World Farming make well-informed financial decisions. Working within our Finance Business Partnering team, you'll provide accurate and timely management information, support budgeting and forecasting, and help ensure our financial data, coding and reporting structures are robust and reliable.

• Management reporting and analysis - Preparing monthly management accounts, variance analysis and clear financial commentary.
• Budgeting and forecasting - Supporting annual budgets, periodic forecasts and monthly staff cost monitoring.
• Financial data integrity - Maintaining coding structures, grant records and reporting frameworks in Netsuite.
• Stakeholder support - Helping budget holders and non-finance colleagues understand financial performance, coding and reporting requirements.
• Process improvement - Identifying practical ways to improve reporting, processes and financial insight.

About you

To succeed as our Management Accountant, you'll bring strong experience in management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, together with the confidence to explain financial information clearly to colleagues who may not have a finance background.

Skills and experience you'll need to bring

• Experience of producing, reviewing or supporting monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and clear commentary.
• Experience of supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and explaining movements against budget.
• Experience of working with accounting or finance systems, ideally Netsuite or a similar system.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, data sorting and analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with a proactive approach to identifying and correcting errors.
• The ability to communicate financial information in a clear, accessible and supportive way to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience of charity finance, restricted and unrestricted funds, grant coding or donor reporting would be beneficial.

If you don't meet every requirement but believe you could thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.

Why join us

This is a meaningful opportunity to use your finance expertise to support a global organisation working to end factory farming and build a more compassionate, sustainable future.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Health Cash Back Plan and 24/7 GP access
• Employee Assistance Programme and MHFA support
• Premium Calm App subscription
• Electric car scheme available
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Enhanced discretionary sick pay
• Hybrid working model (role and location dependent)
• Free onsite parking and office next to mainline station
• Cycle Benefit scheme and other savings options
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

About Compassion

Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global organisation working to end factory farming. Founded in 1967 by British farmer Peter Roberts, we've spent over 50 years driving change, successfully campaigning to ban cruel practices such as barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow stalls across the UK and Europe.

Our work combines advocacy, campaigning, and collaboration with policymakers and businesses to promote animal welfare and sustainable food systems. We envision a future where animals are treated with compassion, and farming supports both people and the planet. To learn more about our mission, culture, and opportunities, please explore our Candidate Pack, and Careers Page.

To comply with legal requirements in the UK and internationally, all applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the country where the role is based.

Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and live experience and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.