Management Accountant

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Able Bridge Recruitment Ltd partners with a Scottish business undergoing rapid growth to recruit a professional to support the finance director and managing director with management accounting and external reporting.

The role focuses on monthly accounts, balance sheet controls, and KPI dashboards within a fast-moving SME. The position offers hybrid working with significant time in the west Lothian office and exposure to acquisition-related finance work as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of management accounting experience in an SME
• Strong reporting skills and ability to produce board packs
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and internal controls
• Ability to develop and maintain financial models and KPI dashboards
• Experience with external audit processes and statutory accounts

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts with timely, accurate delivery
• Produce detailed financial reporting packs for senior management and stakeholders
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and maintain internal controls
• Support preparation of annual statutory accounts and external audit processes
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and company policies
• Provide profitability analyses across products, customers and projects
• Assist in investment-related reporting for investors, lenders and advisers
• Contribute to board reporting materials and investment presentations
• Support corporate transactions and acquisition evaluations as required

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

KPI dashboards

Financial modelling

Education

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

None

Job description

The Company

Able Bridge Recruitment are thrilled to be working with a Scottish business who are going through a phase of dramatic growth. The business have doubled in size over the past 6 months which is on the back of previous successes.

Benefits include

The benefits are exactly what you would expect, however with the biggest reward being part of a team that are going through an investment cycle with some serious growth forecast.

This vacancy, the result of an acquisition of a competitor and VC investment will report into the director of finance. The company offer a hybrid working model, however the finance director is physically onsite 4 days a week and will probably expect the same, if not 5 days a week in the office (with some flexibility).

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to support the finance director and managing director in providing management accounting information that will aid vital external investment decision making.

On a day–to–day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;

• Prepare monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Produce detailed financial reporting packs for senior management and stakeholders.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls.
• Support the preparation of annual statutory accounts and external audit processes.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and company policies.

Analysis & Commercial Insight

• Deliver high–quality financial and operational analysis to support decision–making.
• Identify key business trends, risks, opportunities and performance drivers.
• Develop and maintain financial models and KPI dashboards.
• Provide profitability analysis across products, customers, projects and business units.
• Support strategic planning through scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling.
• Assist in preparing financial information required for investors, lenders and advisers.
• Support financial due diligence processes associated with venture capital investment.
• Contribute to the preparation of investment presentations and board reporting materials.
• Provide financial analysis to support strategic projects and investment decisions.
• Assist with acquisition evaluations, integration projects or corporate transactions where required.

The Requirements

We are seeking a fully professional qualified accountant who is local to the west Lothian region and who has a minimum of 5 years management accounting experience. The role is very heavily reporting based however there will also be business as usual management accounting tasks to complete such as month end board packs, accruals, prepayments and rudimentary month end duties. We are looking for a candidate who is technically strong and who has worked within an SME completing similar tasks within the UK. Candidates can expect to be busy and work within a business that is like no other in the respect that they have cornered the market in their field and are expanding rapidly.

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.