Management Accountant

The Cambian Group; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national care provider is looking for a Management Accountant to join their Finance department in Uxbridge. The role requires a part-qualified accountant to support financial reporting and ensure compliance with accounting policies. Key responsibilities include preparing management accounts, processing payroll journals, and assisting with audits. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills, an analytical mindset, and the ability to meet tight deadlines. The position offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office and two from home.

Qualifications

• Excellent system skills including Excel.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) required.

Responsibilities

• Provide monthly management accounts within deadlines.
• Process month-end payroll journals.
• Prepare key month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Excellent system skills including Excel

Strong organisational skills

Analytical mindset

Job description

CareTech Community Services established in 1993 has 250 services with continuous growth with new developments/services. CareTech Community Services is a national provider of support for people with complex and challenging behaviours associated with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions.

We support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and also in residential care. We are committed to providing the highest levels of care to our residents. To enable us to do this we need caring and dedicated professionals to deliver first class care.

All applicants will be subject to satisfactory references and all employees are checked against the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

CareTech are proud to announce they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Position: Management Accountant

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 from home

Job Purpose

The Group requires a Management Accountant for our Finance department working across the entire business. The primary objective of the role is to support the Finance team in ensuring that the Group's monthly financial position and performance is accurately reported in line with reporting deadlines.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist in providing monthly management accounts that are accurate and completed within reporting deadlines.
• Responsible for processing month-end payroll journals and any related investigations.
• Preparation of monthly staff costs and agency accruals, involving manipulation and analysis of large data sets.
• Identify opportunities to streamline payroll/accounting workflows.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll and wider business to enhance data integrity.
• Assist in the development and documentation of appropriate procedures, automating processes where possible.
• Preparation and review of key month‑end balance sheet reconciliations across the Group, primarily focusing on payroll‑related balance sheet reconciliations such as Pensions, Employment Taxes and Employee Benefit Schemes.
• Ensure that meaningful and accurate variance analysis is delivered on a monthly basis to assist stakeholders in better understanding the performance of the business, with main focus on staff costs analysis.
• Assist in maintaining and improving internal controls to ensure compliance with the Group's accounting policies.
• Assist with external audit queries and year‑end processes.

Personal Characteristics

• Resilient – not afraid of a challenge or hard work.
• Analytical mindset.
• Able to build collaborative relationships quickly and effectively.
• Team player with willingness to help others and go above and beyond their formal role.

Experience and Skills Required

• Part‑Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
• Excellent system skills including Excel.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Hands‑on with a pragmatic, solutions‑based approach.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multi‑site environment business.
• Payroll knowledge.

Key Contacts

Internal

• Other members of the finance team
• Executive team and other teams
• Site Managers and Administrators
• Regional Managers
• Divisional Directors

External

• Auditors

The job description is subject to change as the role evolves.