Management Accountant (Financial Operations)

LivingCare Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Quality working environment

Day off for your birthday

Work life balance

Job summary

LivingCare Group in Leeds is seeking a Management Accountant (Financial Operations) to ensure accurate monthly close and oversee the transactional finance team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will own month-end postings, balance-sheet checks and cash forecasting while coaching junior staff.

You will drive process improvements, expand the Xero add-on stack, and support statutory accounts, VAT, and audit processes with strong controls.

Qualifications

• Qualified or near-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with strong financial control experience.
• Experience delivering month-end close and financial reporting to a high standard.
• Coaching and developing junior finance staff while maintaining robust processes.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end postings and close tasks; reduce close cycle.
• Review balance sheet and P&L movements for accuracy.
• Oversee AR/AP, stock, and treasury; approve routine payments.
• Support VAT returns and statutory accounts with auditors.
• Coach Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant and Apprentice.

Skills

Financial analysis

Month-end close

Team coaching

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist or newly qualified

Tools

Xero

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Management Accountant (Financial Operations)

Overview

We are looking for a Management Accountant (Financial Operations) who is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of the monthly close, day-to-day oversight of the transactional finance team, and continued improvement of the finance systems and processes that support the wider LivingCare finance function.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the role acts as first reviewer in preparation of the monthly management accounts, owns delivery of month-end postings and close tasks, and provides coaching and professional oversight of the Accounts Assistant (Sales ledger + AR), Finance Assistant (Purchasing + AP) and Finance Apprentice.

Month-End & Financial Reporting

• Own delivery of month-end postings and close tasks, working to reduce the close timeline further (currently around seven days, targeting four).
• Act as second reviewer on balance sheet and P&L movements, flagging anything that looks wrong before it reaches the Financial Controller or the board pack.
• Maintain oversight of ledger integrity across the transactional finance processes.
• Support Financial Controller with maintaining a robust financial control framework.

Cash Management & Transactional Oversight

• Act as first review of the end-to-end financial operations of the business, including:
  
  • Billing and accounts receivable
  • Purchasing and accounts payable
  • Stock and inventory accounting
• Act as first review of routine payment runs
• Approve coding queries and write-offs within an agreed threshold, escalating anything cross-entity, audit-facing, or of material financial judgement to the Financial Controller.
• Oversee ongoing improvement of the stock control process, working with accounts payable Finance Assistant and site teams to improve data quality and embed a well-controlled stock ledger.
• Oversee cash forecasting and treasury management, working with the financial controller and CFO to ensure proactive planning and management of cash needs to fund trading and investment.

Statutory Reporting & Audit

• Work closely with Financial Controller and external accountants in preparation of annual statutory accounts
• Support maintenance of strong documentation and financial controls to support and efficient and well-managed audit process.

Tax & Regulatory Compliance

• Prepare the quarterly VAT returns with oversight from the Financial Controller
• Maintain appropriate documentation to support VAT reporting and external review where required.

Financial Operations Team

• Provide day-to-day coaching and cover for the Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant and Finance Apprentice.
• Act as first point of escalation for the transactional team, resolving issues directly rather than routing routine queries to the Financial Controller.
• Support the Financial Controller in establishing clear role responsibilities and review processes within the team.

Process Improvement & Finance Transformation

• Support the Financial Controller to drive continuous improvement within financial operations, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy and scalability.
• Drive continued build-out of the Xero add-on stack, including accruals and prepayments automation and intercompany reconciliation tooling.
• Embed process improvements as eClinics-related workflows bed in, and support further automation opportunities across AP, AR and billing. Lead initiatives to automate and streamline finance processes, reducing manual effort and improving reporting timelines.
• Contribute to the financial health of the business through ongoing review and implementation of strong financial and procurement policies and effective implementation of controls to support policy compliance.

Ad Hoc Projects

• Support the Financial Controller and CFO on finance workstreams as they arise.

Qualifications

Newly qualified or a finalist close to qualifying: ACA, ACCA or CIMA

About us

LivingCare Group operates across various health services and portfolios. We have extensive experience of developing and delivering NHS care and have a growing portfolio of private provision. We work across GP practices and within our own centres in Yorkshire.

Our services are developed in response to local demands across the health economy and in line with the NHS governance and contractual requirements.

Why Choose us?

Our continuing success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.

We fully believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and full potential. We offer all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.

Here at LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1).

Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident #DisabilityConfident

What we offer our employees

• Free onsite parking.
• Quality working environment
• Day off for your birthday
• Work life balance is a priority here at LivingCare, with services running at sociable times.
• Blue Light Card NHS discount at a range of shops and restaurants
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual pay review
• Culture matrix programme: we organise special events every month to support our teams
• Celebrating success: this programme gives rewards to our team member who have gone above and beyond
• Supermarket vouchers: we give these out every month as part of our supermarket sweep competition

LivingCare Behaviours and Values

Living Care has a set of core values which we expect all staff to demonstrate. Building on these we have developed a set of expectations that we expect all team members to demonstrate.

• Managing yourself and others:
• Take care of your own wellbeing and that of your staff
• Manage yourself and your emotions
• Share your knowledge and experience
• Use appropriate language when communicating to others to ensure they understand
• Be positive – focus on what you can do and why something will/could work
• Actively seek feedback and act on it (where appropriate)
• Know when to step in and do it yourself and when to leave others to have a go
• Be self aware: know your strengths and development needs and look for ways to develop
• Be visible

As a company who supports equality and diversity, LivingCare encourage applications from all candidates regardless of their age, gender including reassigned gender, relationship status, maternity, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.