Management Accountant - Cobalt Recruitment

eFinancialCareers; Kirkintilloch; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Exposure to senior stakeholders

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Cobalt is recruiting a Management Accountant to join an established UK construction business in Glasgow. You will prepare monthly management accounts, support budgets and forecasts, and provide financial analysis to senior stakeholders on a major project.

The role offers hybrid working, exposure to commercial teams, and opportunities for progression within the wider finance function. Ideal candidates will be qualified, with experience in project-based environments and strong reporting skills,

Qualifications

• Qualified Management Accountant with professional body qualification.
• Experience in management accounting, budgeting and financial reporting.
• Experience preparing MI and analysing financial performance.
• Knowledge of cash flow, cost control and balance sheet reporting.
• Ability to communicate financial information to operational and commercial stakeholders.
• Confidence working with financial systems and reporting tools.
• Ability to manage reporting deadlines and work collaboratively across teams.
• Flexibility to travel to business and project locations when required.
• Construction experience or project-based environments is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, financial reports and supporting commentary.
• Monitor cash flow, working capital and project costs.
• Support the preparation of budgets, forecasts, quarterly reviews and group reporting packs.
• Analyse financial performance against forecasts and identify variances.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and support year-end audit requirements.
• Maintain financial controls across payments and purchase-to-pay processes.
• Work with operational and commercial stakeholders to provide financial insight and support decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting processes and controls.

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Cash flow

Cost control

Balance sheet

Stakeholder communication

Reporting tools

Travel flexibility

Construction experience

Education

Professional accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

Oracle

Power BI

Job description

Location: Glasgow Salary: £45,000-£55,000 per annum Working pattern: Hybrid / flexible working Contract: Permanent, full-time

Are you a qualified Management Accountant looking to gain exposure to a major construction project while developing your commercial finance experience?

Cobalt is recruiting a Management Accountant to join an established UK construction business in Glasgow. Supporting a significant project, this opportunity offers the chance to work alongside senior stakeholders, influence financial decision-making and develop your career within a wider finance function.

The organisation

Our client is an established UK construction business delivering projects across the built environment. The organisation places importance on collaboration, employee wellbeing and professional development, with opportunities for career progression across its finance function.

You’ll join a team supporting a major construction project, working alongside colleagues across finance, operations and commercial management. The business offers the opportunity to gain exposure to complex projects while developing your financial and commercial understanding.

The role and responsibilities

Reporting to a Finance Business Partner, the Management Accountant will work closely with senior project and commercial stakeholders, providing financial reporting, controls and analysis to support project performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing monthly management accounts, financial reports and supporting commentary.
• Monitoring cash flow, working capital and project costs.
• Supporting the preparation of budgets, forecasts, quarterly reviews and group reporting packs.
• Analysing financial performance against forecasts and identifying key variances.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and supporting year-end audit requirements.
• Maintaining financial controls across payments, purchase-to-pay processes, VAT and other taxes.
• Working with operational and commercial stakeholders to provide financial insight and support decision-making.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial reporting processes and controls.

Skills and requirements

We're looking for a qualified Management Accountant who can combine technical accounting knowledge with an understanding of commercial operations.

The successful candidate will bring:

• A recognised professional accounting qualification.
• Working knowledge of management accounting, budgeting and financial reporting.
• Experience preparing management information and analysing financial performance.
• An understanding of cash flow management, cost control and balance sheet reporting.
• The ability to communicate financial information to operational and commercial stakeholders.
• Confidence working with financial systems and reporting tools.
• The ability to manage reporting deadlines and work collaboratively across teams.
• Flexibility to travel to business and project locations when required.
• Experience within construction or another project-based environment would be beneficial, alongside working knowledge of Oracle or Power BI, although these are not essential.

What's on offer?

• Salary of £45,000-£55,000 per annum.
• Permanent opportunity within an established UK construction business.
• Flexible working arrangements, subject to business requirements.
• Exposure to senior project and commercial stakeholders.
• Involvement in the financial management of a major construction project.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider finance function.