Management Accountant

Unsworth; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in London is seeking a Management Accountant to drive financial performance and support strategic decision-making. This role involves working closely with business leaders, producing management reports, and improving financial processes. The successful candidate will have experience in finance, be studying for ACCA/CIMA, and possess strong analytical skills. The position offers competitive salary, hybrid working model, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work programme

Gym discounts

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in shaping cross-function decision making.
• Understanding of freight forwarding industry or keen to learn.
• Previous relevant experience with a proven track record.

Responsibilities

• Support and collaborate with Finance Director and Business Leaders.
• Produce timely and accurate management financial information.
• Drive profit improvement initiatives within the Business Units.

Skills

Advanced analytical abilities

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Proactive and flexible approach

Education

Full qualification or studying towards ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Job description

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Ready to take the next step in your finance career? Join Unsworth, a dynamic and award-winning logistics leader, as our next Management Accountant. In this pivotal role, you’ll help drive financial performance, support strategic decision-making, and contribute directly to the success of a fast-growing business.

At Unsworth, we’re proud of our £55 million+ annual turnover and decades of experience in simplifying global trade. By blending innovative technology with a client-first mindset, we deliver real value to our partners—and real growth opportunities to our people. If you're looking for a role with impact, progression, and purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and Collaborate: Work closely with the Director of Finance and Business Unit Leaders to provide essential financial and management reporting.
• Optimize Results: Challenge Business Unit and Business Leaders to optimize results, ensuring the highest level of profitability.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with central functions to identify improvement opportunities and implement changes that elevate process performance and control standards.
• Profit Improvement: Drive profit improvement initiatives within the Business Units.
• Financial Controls: Implement and enhance financial controls and management reporting within Business Units.

General Responsibilities:

As a Management Accountant, you will oversee sector transactions that contribute to management accounts, deliver local P&L reports, and provide financial and statistical KPI data for the leadership team. Your responsibilities include:

• Producing timely and accurate management financial information, including weekly and monthly reporting.
• Ensuring the regular and accurate reconciliation of local reports and central accounts to maintain consistent and robust data.
• Developing an in-depth understanding of cost and revenue drivers and their impact on financial results.
• Providing analysis and insights into business performance to drive profitability, cash delivery, and strategic goals, to support leadership team in decision-making processes.
• Interpreting customer and supplier contracts to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
• Collaborate with central teams to improve financial systems and controls while nurturing a high-performance finance culture focused on excellence and growth.
• Ensuring sector compliance with corporate standards and financial controls to mitigate risks.
• Collaborating with the team to prepare budgets and forecasts, along with ongoing variance reporting.
• Building financial awareness in non-financial managers to empower them to impact business performance positively.
• Perform additional ad-hoc duties as required by senior management to support business objectives.

To excel in this role, you will need to:

• Experience in shaping cross-function decision making, particularly with operational/commercial team.
• Understand freight forwarding industry or keen to learn.
• Adhere to and assure compliance with management accounts processes.
• Possess advanced analytical abilities, including variance analysis, trend identification, and error resolution.
• Approach challenges and problems with a detailed and logical mindset.
• Work well under time pressure and consistently meet deadlines while maintaining high standards of output.

You will be responsible for:

• Driving the development of local P&L reporting and metrics to ensure focus and improvement.
• Providing consolidated sector reporting.
• Developing and implementing management information reporting and sector-relevant business intelligence.
• Ensuring financial controls are in place across the sector.
• Assuring adherence to all financial schedules and deadlines.
• Optimizing finance-related business processes, including purchase orders, sales invoicing, debtor control, and cash flow.

Key Skills/Attributes:
The successful applicant will ideally possess:

• Previous relevant experience with a proven track record of adding value to an organisation.
• Full qualification or actively studying towards ACCA/CIMA with plans to qualify in the next year.
• Advanced Excel skills, basic knowledge Power BI and keen to learn AI tools.
• Excellent communication skills and a commitment to building strong working relationships across all areas of the business.
• A professional manner and work ethic, suitable for a dynamic environment.
• A proactive and flexible approach to work.
• Strong analytical skills and a keen commercial awareness.
• A desire to continuously improve performance.

What’s on offer?

• Competitive salary package
• Hybrid working (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) to support work-life balance
• Award-winning training and genuine career development
• A supportive, diverse, and innovative team environment
• A range of employee benefits including:
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work programme
• Gym and experience day discounts
• Loyalty rewards and recognition schemes

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If this sounds like the next step in developing your career then lose no time and apply online today.