Management Accountant

Hoople Group; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoople Group is seeking a Management Accountant in Hereford. The role involves engaging with budget managers to understand service needs, resolving financial challenges, and providing accurate analysis to support strategic decisions.

It is a hybrid Hereford position with a pro-rata salary and a permanent contract. The successful candidate will have experience in budgeting, forecasting, and meeting year-end deadlines, with the ability to motivate a team and deliver high-quality financial insights

Qualifications

• Experience of public sector finance.
• Ability to engage with budget managers to understand service needs and resolve challenges.
• Experience in setting budgets and forecasting.
• Ability to meet year-end deadlines and provide financial analysis for service managers.

Responsibilities

• Engage with budget managers to understand service needs and resolve challenges.
• Set budgets and forecast, and ensure year-end deadlines.
• Provide financial analysis for service managers.
• Motivate and manage employees within the finance team.

Job description

Job Title: Management Accountant

Hours: 22.5 per week

Location: Hereford (Hybrid) 2 day of which are office based

Salary: Hoople Band E £37,932 pro rata (£23,067 per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 15th November 2026

• If you have applied previously and were not successful, but you have gained new skills and experience since that you can evidence, we welcome your application** Are you an accountant who thrives by engaging with budget managers to understand service need and resolving challenges? Do you have a passion for providing accurate data that influences the strategic decisions? We are looking for a management accountant with an eye for detail, experience of public sector finance, and an ability to engage with people to work in a dynamic and changing environment supporting Herefordshire Council's Economy and Environment and Corporate Services directorates.

The role requires a management accountant with experience of setting budgets, forecasting, meeting year end deadlines, managing and motivating employees and providing financial analysis for service managers.

This role is part of an award winning finance team, with high standards of excellence and generating innovate problem solving. The team encourages learning and developing, creating an environment for career building and teamwork with a supportive culture.

Hoople offer 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays rising to 31 days after 5 years' service, and an Aviva salary sacrifice pension scheme. We also provide a flexible benefits scheme which provides a range of benefits and discounts across retailers, the option to buy or sell annual leave, cycle to work scheme and healthcare plans.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered as will part time working.

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident" scheme;


• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.


• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

About You

About Us

Our vision

To provide excellent business support services to the public sector and those who work with them.

Our mission

Creating and building trusted and sustainable relationships in order to deliver business critical services for our key customers.

Our values

• Passion for improvement - Continuous improvement to develop more effective ways of delivering services for our customers


• Customer focus - Satisfying our customers and helping them to support themselves


• Professional integrity - Bringing the best of our shared technical expertise and professional values to our work


• Mutual support - Whether one-to-one or in teams, we encourage and support each other to strive for excellent performance in all that we do


• Ambition - Our staff are committed to the success of our company in delivering effective services to organisations, communities and individuals