Management Accountant

Anglian Water Group; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Pension scheme (21% total)

Virtual GP 24h

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Family friendly policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group is seeking a finance professional to lead budgeting, forecasting and management accounting within a designated business area. You will deliver accurate actuals, forecasts and budgets, partner with budget holders, and drive continuous improvement in financial processes.

This role emphasizes governance, collaboration with the Financial Controller, and the delivery of insightful commercial support in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum Part-Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience
• Experience in managing stakeholders
• Experience in producing actuals, forecasts and budgets
• Experience with management accounting
• Experience of compliance with financial controls and processes

Responsibilities

• Produce financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area
• Act as single point of contact for budget holders for provision of all financial data
• Collaborate with Financial Controller to embed milestones and objectives in the timetable
• Ensure compliance with the budget timetable and process
• Drive standardised continuous improvement in the budget process
• Utilise financial reporting/analysis tools (Power BI, SAP) to deliver high quality outputs
• Deliver the forecasting process reflecting risk and opportunity balance

Skills

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & forecasting

Management accounting

Financial controls

Financial analysis

Education

Part-Qualified Finance Professional (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Tools

Power BI

SAP Analysis

Job description

Reporting into the Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial planning, performance, and decision-making across your business area. You will be delivering high-quality financial insight, budgeting and forecasting, and commercial support that enables informed decision-making in a complex and regulated environment. You will be accountable for delivering accurate actuals, forecasts, and budgets for both the area you support and other areas within the remit of the Finance Manager and your team. You will be responsible for maintaining compliance with financial controls policy & procedure, escalation of control issues and communicating key financial controls messages across the virtual finance teams for your designated business area. You will deliver the business planning and management accounting processes for the designated business area for OPEX and CAPEX, driving continuous improvement of processes, communicating key messages and timescales to stakeholders. The budget areas you will be responsible will be of a mid-size and complexity. Key responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Responsible for producing financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area
• Single point of contact for assigned budget holders for provision of all financial data and information
• Working with your team and the Financial Controller, ensure key milestones and budget objectives are built into the timetable and plan
• Ensure compliance with the budget timetable and process
• Drive standardised continuous improvement in the budget process in conjunction with your team
• Sound knowledge and understanding of, and application of financial reporting and analysis tools (e.g Power BI, SAP analysis and reporting applications) in providing high quality outputs
• Deliver the forecasting process for the designated business area, challenge assumptions in the bottom up process and ensure forecasts reflect an appropriate balance of risk and opportunity

Qualifications

• Minimum Part-Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience
• Experience in managing stakeholders
• Experience in producing actuals, forecasts and budgets
• Experience with management accounting
• Experience of compliance with financial controls and processes

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Generous double match pension - contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave - rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.