Management Accountant

Marc Daniels; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing business in the UK seeks a management accountant to oversee financial accuracy and team supervision. This hybrid position offers excellent career progression opportunities. Ideal candidates should be well-versed in inventory accounting and nearing professional qualifications (CIMA or ACCA). Responsibilities include managing month-end processes, ensuring compliance, and monitoring financial performance.

Qualifications

• Established as a technically strong management accountant.
• Near completion of a professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in a product-led business preferred.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and post month-end journals and ensure trial balance accuracy.
• Manage monthly reconciliation of income release per contract.
• Oversee stock control processes and comply with audit requirements.
• Maintain the fixed assets register and manage lease reporting.
• Ensure timely accounting of invoices and accurate bank reconciliations.
• Monitor revenue and overheads, proposing corrective actions where necessary.
• Support cost centre managers in enhancing financial understanding.

Skills

Inventory accounting

Financial reconciliation

Team supervision

Education

CIMA or ACCA (part-qualified or newly qualified)

Job description

We are working with a global manufacturing business who have long-term partnerships with a number of household names that are instantly recognisable. With that, the position of management accountant is offered with excellent prospects for further career progression.

Offered on a hybrid working pattern, this position would suit someone who has already established themselves as a technically strong management accountant and is nearing a professional accounting qualification, be that CIMA or ACCA. You will be offered the chance to supervise 2 finance staff and anyone who has come from a product led business and has an understanding to inventory accounting will be well received. Part-qualified through to newly qualified applicants will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and post month end journals, be responsible for the trial balance accuracy and perform subsequent balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the monthly maintenance income release, maintain an up to date reconciliation by contract and customer number.
• Manage Accounts assistant whose is responsible for stock control process, to include monthly reconciliations, preparing the stock provision on a quarterly basis and to support any audit requirements in regard to stock.
• Also manage a credit controller who is responsible for UK & Ireland credit control.
• Maintain the fixed assets register and IFRS16 lease reporting for the Ireland entity.
• Support the treasury and accounts payable teams to ensure all invoices are accounted for correctly and in a timely manner. Ensure Bank reconciliations are up to date and accurate. Manage cashflow process.
• Monitor revenue and overheads and, where appropriate, propose corrective action in relation to deviations against budget.
• Support cost centre managers and help to enhance the financial understanding of division assigned.
• Ensure compliance with internal control systems and statutory financial regulations.
• Adhoc tasks as required to support the wider finance community.