Management Accountant

Distinct | B Corp; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | B Corp in Leeds is seeking a Management Accountant to take ownership of month-end, commentary, and balance sheet reconciliations. The role includes supervising a junior, driving cost centre reporting, and partnering with budget holders to explain variances.

The successful candidate will automate processes and explore AI opportunities in finance while supporting budgets, forecasts and VAT returns in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Monthly management accounts and commentary to explain budget, forecast, and prior year results.
• Balance sheet reconciliations and clearing aged items.
• Cost centre reporting and explaining numbers to budget holders.
• Monitor capital spend and report on it.
• Manage and develop a junior accountant and review their work.
• Automate processes and consider AI opportunities in finance.
• Support budgets, forecasts, VAT returns and ad hoc analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and accompanying commentary.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations and resolve aged items.
• Oversee cost centre reporting and discuss numbers with budget holders.
• Track capital spend against budget and report findings.
• Lead and develop an Assistant Accountant, setting priorities and reviewing work.
• Identify automation opportunities in processes and explore AI in finance.
• Assist with budgets/forecasts, VAT Returns, and ad hoc analyses.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

BI tools

Automation

Communication

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA part-qualified or qualified

Tools

BI software

Job description

Management Accountant | Leeds | £45,000 to £50,000

Working pattern: Hybrid

I'm recruiting a Management Accountant in Leeds. It suits someone who already runs a month end and wants to own it properly: the accounts, the commentary and the conversations with budget holders, plus a junior to bring on.

The business

An established international services business with a shared services finance team in Leeds. The finance team supports a large, busy operation, so the month end is real and the numbers get used. They're keen to do more with data and automation, and want someone who'll help with that rather than just keep the wheels turning.

The role

You'd prepare the monthly management accounts and write the commentary on performance against budget, forecast and last year.

You'd own the balance sheet reconciliations, clear aged items and flag control risks early.

You'd look after cost centre reporting and sit down with budget holders to explain their numbers.

You'd monitor capital spend against budget and report on it.

You'd manage and develop an Assistant Accountant, setting priorities and reviewing their work.

You'd tidy up and automate processes, and look at sensible ways to use AI in finance.

You'd support budgets, forecasts, VAT returns and ad hoc analysis.

The person

Part-qualified or qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA

You've prepared monthly management accounts and commentary, and you know your balance sheet reconciliations and month-end controls.

Strong Excel and comfortable with large datasets. Experience with BI or automation tools helps.

Confident explaining the numbers to people outside finance.

Supervising or mentoring a junior is a plus, not essential.

If you tick most of this rather than all of it, I'd still like to hear from you.