Management Accountant (Development Role)

Source Solutions; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Solutions is seeking a Management Accountant to join a growing engineering and environmental services group in Portsmouth. You will prepare monthly management accounts, assist with budgets and forecasts, and provide financial insight for strategic decision-making.

The role involves working across multiple group entities and a dotted line to the financial accounting team. The ideal candidate will be (partly) qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent), with experience in management accounting,

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent qualifications preferred.
• Experience in management/operations accounting environment.
• Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders and push back when needed.
• Experience using ERP/accounting systems (Xero/Sage/NetSuite).
• Flexible across various business and accounting functions.
• Keen to learn and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Support month-end and year-end close with journals and reconciliations.
• Assist with budgets, forecasts and rolling projections.
• Provide variance analysis with clear commentary for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with department leads to ensure accurate financial data.

Skills

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Management/operations accounting

Stakeholder management

ERP/accounting systems

Cross-functional working

Willingness to learn

Education

Part or newly qualified accountant

Tools

Xero

Sage

NetSuite

Job description

Source Solutions are working with an established, reputable and growing engineering and environmental services business, in identifying a Management Accountant who possesses a team-player mentality and is adaptable in working across various functions. This would be a good development role for an Assistant Management Accountant, or for a Management Accountant wishing to take on more breadth of work across several group entities.

The Management Accountant focus will be on producing accurate management information, supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles, and providing financial insight to support strategic decision-making across the business. Added to this, you would have a dotted line in to the financial accounting team, providing and receiving support where required.

Example responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Support the month-end and year-end close processes, including journal postings, accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Assist with the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and rolling financial projections.
• Provide variance analysis against budget and prior periods, with clear commentary for stakeholders.
• Partner with department and business unit leads to ensure financial data is accurately reflected and understood.

Being part of a small but growing team, you will have the opportunity to work across a wide range of accounting and business functions. Added to this, you would be working across up to 6 group entities, all at various stages of maturity and development and so this will be a varied and exciting position where you can have a real impact.

Management Accountant profile:

• Ideally part or newly qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA/other)
• Experience within a management or operations accounting environment
• Confidence in dealing with stakeholders and senior business unit managers with the ability to push back at times
• Experience in ERP/accounting systems (Xero/Sage/NetSuite/Similar/)
• Flexible attitude towards working across various business and accounting functions
• Willingness to learn and develop

Management Accountant / Portsmouth / Mon-Fri / Hybrid