Management Accountant

Ten2Two Ltd; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a friendly health insurance business as a Management Accountant in a part-time role. This exciting opportunity involves working independently while performing reconciliations, preparing monthly management accounts, and ensuring compliance with financial standards. You'll collaborate closely with the Head of Finance and contribute to the company's growth while supporting a small but dedicated team. If you're self-motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to take on new challenges, this role offers a great chance to leverage your accounting skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with excellent spreadsheet and communication skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform reconciliations, prepare monthly management accounts, and monitor budgets.
• Support the preparation of annual financial statements and external audits.

Skills

Accounting Qualification

Spreadsheet Skills

Communication Skills

Bookkeeping

QuickBooks

Education

Recognised Accounting Qualification

Tools

QuickBooks

Job description

Management Accountant, 25-30 hrs per week, Mat cover, circa 13 mths, up to £50k fte*, Watford

An exciting opportunity to join this friendly health insurance business working part-time. If you’re an experienced, self-motivated Management Accountant who loves to work independently, this could be the role for you.

Our Client

Our client is a fast-growing specialist health insurance business which has been delivering first class medical insurance and a personalised service to its members across the UK for over 30 years.

Their unique approach has gained a strong reputation for delivering solutions that meet clients’ needs.

The Role

Working collaboratively with the Head of Finance, you’ll perform reconciliations, process transactions, prepare monthly management accounts, monitor budgets, and will provide support for additional operational needs.

You’ll also be responsible for the team’s adherence to compliance with the company's parent Group, FCA and financial accountancy standards, providing evidence as appropriate. Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the reconciliation of premium income and commission payments between the policy management database and the accounting system
• Assist in the production of monthly management accounts
• Produce month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Process payments on online banking
• Responsible for the development of meaningful management information
• Assist with annual budgeting and planning process and ad hoc forecasts
• Support cost control and expense management and ensure compliance with Regulations and financial control procedures
• Support the preparation of the annual financial statements and the external audit
• Maintain a working understanding of and assume ownership of all assigned accounting tasks
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external clients and business partners
• Develop an understanding of the FCA and regulatory requirements and the responsibilities to ensure compliance
• Deal with more complex queries on behalf of colleagues
• Be flexible and hungry to learn and develop

The Candidate

As Management Accountant, you’ll be self-motivated, able to work independently and multi-task to ensure work is completed within deadlines. You’ll have:

• A recognised accounting qualification – part qualified considered
• Up to date working knowledge of accounting standards and issues gained in a financial regulated environment
• Excellent spreadsheet skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in bookkeeping with experience in QuickBooks preferred
• Experience of effectively managing multiple priorities and working to tight deadlines
• A highly methodical and process-orientated approach
• Commercial, pragmatic, self-starter, high work ethic, goal orientated, able to identify areas for improvement
• Willingness to work as part of a small but growing team and desire to take on increased responsibility as the organisation expands

You’ll also:

• Be customer-Centric
• Take ownership and are accountable
• Be pro-active approach and ‘can-do’ mentality
• Work well as part of team
• Embrace change and new ways of working
• Be self-motivated, results driven, honest and professional

Terms

• The role is for approximately 13 months to cover maternity leave.
• The role requires 25-30 hours per week.
• The hours must be worked over 4 or 5 days, one of which must be a Friday.
• The role is office based in Watford.
• A salary of up to £50k FTE* is on offer, pro rata, (£35,714-£42,857 actual salary).
• The role is based on a 35 hr standard working week.
• The current Management Accountant is going on maternity leave in July. This role will start by mid-June to allow for a hand-over period.

If you’d like to use your finance skills working for this growing, friendly organisation, please apply today.

*full time equivalent - actual salary will depend on hours worked.