Management Accountant

Wiltshire; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Wiltshire Council is seeking a Management Accountant to join the Children’s Finance Team. This role provides financial management, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and advisory support to help managers make informed decisions.

You will work with the Principal Accountants and Head of Finance, assist in budget setting, and contribute to financial governance and system improvements across services.

Qualifications

• Part qualified CCAB with relevant experience or have full AAT or equivalent qualification and membership with relevant post qualification experience.
• Budget preparation, interpretation and monitoring experience is essential.
• Strong IT skills, finance systems experience and data interrogation abilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in budget preparation, monitoring and setting across services.
• Provide financial management, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and advisory support to service managers.
• Develop and implement new systems for financial and performance management.
• Deliver management information in response to operational requests and grant applications/government returns.
• Support transformational change in governance, systems and processes.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Data interrogation

Education

Part qualified CCAB

AAT or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Salary: £37,280 - £39,152 per annum
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: Week Commencing 1 September 2026

Wiltshire Council has an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join its Childrens Finance Team, this is a finance business partnering role that supports council services by providing financial management, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and advice to help managers make informed decisions.

As a Management Accountant, you will support the Principal Accountants and Head of Finance to provide an efficient and effective finance service working within a team that meets customer and corporate needs. Providing support to the council’s service managers, particularly to those identified as high risk in terms of customer, political or financial impact.

You will help develop new systems for financial and performance management and provide management information in response to specific operational requests and complete grant applications and government returns.

We are looking for a candidate who is part qualified CCAB with relevant experience or have full AAT or equivalent qualification and membership with relevant post qualification experience.

You will have proven experience of budget preparation and interpretation and have experience of budget monitoring, closedown and budget setting as well as confidence with provision of finance advice and controls such as account reconciliations. With excellent analytical skills, experience of finance systems, IT and use of excel and data interrogation routines/applications you will be open to or experienced in transformational change in terms of governance, systems and processes.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 7908
• Posting Date 08/06/2026, 08:11 AM
• Working Pattern Permanent Full time
• Job Areas Finance & Procurement
• Locations County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JN, GB