Management Accountant

Anglian Water Services Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified finance professional to manage financial budgets and forecasts, ensuring compliance with financial controls. You will serve as the main contact for budget holders, supervise the budgeting process, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should have experience with financial reporting, stakeholder management, and relevant financial qualifications. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pension and healthcare options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Private healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

26 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Maternity/adoption leave with full pay

Flexible benefits for well-being

Free parking

Excellent family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing stakeholders and producing actuals, forecasts, and budgets.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Produce financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area.
• Act as the single point of contact for assigned budget holders.
• Drive standardized continuous improvement in the budget process.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial reporting

Budgeting and forecasting

Compliance with financial controls

Use of Power BI and SAP

Education

Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• Produce financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area.
• Act as the single point of contact for assigned budget holders for provision of all financial data and information.
• Work with your team and the Financial Controller to 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.

Qualifications

• 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 in 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) to provide high‑quality outputs.

Benefits

• Competitive pension scheme where we double‑match your contributions up to 6 %.
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• 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 (8× your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5× 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.