Management Accountant

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Fantastic Opportunity for a Management Accountant Hybrid Role in Leyland

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Management Accountant to join a leading organisation's Complex Facilities business unit, supporting a major contract with the Ministry of Justice. This is a full-time, permanent position based in Leyland with the flexibility of hybrid working and occasional travel.

Role Overview:

As a Management Accountant, you will report directly to the Finance Manager and provide finance reporting, planning, and analysis support to ensure accurate management accounting information, budgets, and forecasts for a contract worth approximately GBP175m, covering 63 sites. This is a dynamic and challenging role where you will work closely with stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure financial processes run smoothly.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Liaise with stakeholders to guide and support direct reports, ensuring accurate month-end reporting, forecasts, and budgets.
2. Produce high-quality analysis for monthly results, forecasts, and budgets, including variance bridges.
3. Complete monthly management accounts with commentary for senior management review.
4. Proactively address financial anomalies, collaborating with commercial and operational colleagues to provide clarity on financial terminology.
5. Instigate profit improvement plans to help drive the contract towards achieving forecast and budget goals.
6. Understand site target operating models to provide the correct level of information to manage labour costs.
7. Produce and track key performance indicators using dashboards, graphs, and visualisations.
8. Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed, and key variances are resolved.
9. Maintain data integrity, validation, and trend awareness, ensuring cost and revenue match.
10. Collaborate with external auditors to complete statutory audit processes on time and without material audit differences.

Ideal Candidate:

1. Part-qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
2. Excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, sumifs) and SAP.
3. Strong ability to meet tight deadlines with a high attention to quality and detail.
4. Good knowledge of accounting practices, statutory regulations, and reporting requirements.
5. Experience in forecasting and stakeholder management.
6. Proactive approach to identifying and resolving potential issues.
7. Strong ability to analyse data and present meaningful conclusions.
8. Experience in complex reconciliations would be an advantage.

What We Offer:

1. Career Development: Exceptional development and progression opportunities.
2. Pension: Generous pension scheme with contributions.
3. Holidays: Minimum 24 days holiday + bank holidays.
4. Flexible Benefits: Tailored benefits including additional leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving, and gym membership.
5. Discounts: Access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers via our online portal.
6. Social Value: Two Community Involvement Days annually to volunteer for a charity of your choice.

About the Organisation: Our client is at the heart of modern Britain, managing critical services and projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country. With over 11,000 employees, they are trusted partners to the government, delivering engineering and operational services with data-driven insight for better results.