Management Accountant

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in Peterborough seeks a Management Accountant to drive financial planning, performance, and decision-making. The role involves producing accurate budgets, forecasts, and ensuring compliance with financial controls. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in management accounting, stakeholder management, and financial reporting tools. A competitive salary package and benefits are included, reflecting the organization's commitment to its employees' well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme with a double-match

Private healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

Volunteer opportunities

26 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Life cover

Flexible benefits

Paid time off for illness

Free parking at all locations

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Finance professional or have equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management.
• Proven track record of producing actuals, forecasts and budgets.
• Experience in management accounting is essential.
• Knowledge of compliance with financial controls and processes is required.
• Experience with financial reporting tools is important.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for producing financial budgets and forecasts.
• Single point of contact for assigned budget holders.
• Ensure compliance with budget timetable and process.
• Drive continuous improvement in the budget process.
• Deliver the forecasting process and challenge assumptions.

Skills

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

Sound knowledge of financial reporting and analysis tools

Tools

Power BI

SAP analysis and reporting applications

Job description

Management Accountant

Circa £42,000 dependent on skills and experience.

Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time. Peterborough.

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 deliver 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

• 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
• 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

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• An annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community
• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
• Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle
• Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
• Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
• Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave

What does it take to be successful?

• 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
• 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

Inclusion at Anglian Water

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date

11th January 2026