Management Accountant

Distinct | B Corp; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | B Corp in West Yorkshire is seeking a qualified Management Accountant to take ownership of one part of the business's numbers. The role is permanent, full-time, with hybrid work (3 days in the office).

You will manage your own set of monthly management accounts and the accompanying commentary, work with operational teams quarterly on contract status, and ensure timely invoicing of billable work. Strong Excel and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience in management accounts and contract or project accounting.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Able to explain numbers to non-finance colleagues.
• Organised and deadline-driven.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly management accounts and commentary.
• Review contracts with operational teams quarterly.
• Track work done but not invoiced and ensure billing.
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support year end audit and controls testing.
• Perform ad hoc analysis; possibly mentor junior accountant.
• Improve and automate month-end processes.

Skills

Management accounts

Contract accounting

Project accounting

Excel

Stakeholder comms

Time management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Management Accountant | West Yorkshire | £50,000 to £55,000

Permanent, full time. Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office.

I'm recruiting a qualified Management Accountant to take ownership of one part of a large business's numbers. If you like having your own set of accounts and being the person the operational teams come to, it's worth a look.

The finance work is contract based. A big part of the job is understanding where each piece of work stands and making sure revenue is recognised and invoiced at the right time. The team is established and well run.

The role

• Your own set of monthly management accounts and the commentary that goes with them
• Sitting down with the operational teams each quarter to review where their contracts stand
• Work done but not yet invoiced: tracking it and getting it billed
• Balance sheet reconciliations, kept tidy and supported
• Year end audit support and controls testing
• Analysis when the business asks for it
• Possible coaching of a more junior accountant
• Improving and automating how the month end runs

The person

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Management accounts experience, ideally with contract or project accounting
• Strong Excel
• Comfortable explaining the numbers to people outside finance
• Organised enough to manage your own deadlines and help others with theirs

The package

• Permanent
• Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office

It's a detailed role with a lot of reconciliation and contract work behind the monthly numbers. It suits someone who likes getting under the numbers and can explain them to people outside finance.