Management Accountant (HQ, Hybrid)

Compassion in World Farming; Godalming; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Health Cash Back Plan

24/7 GP access

Employee Assistance Programme and MHFA

Electric car scheme

Defined contribution pension

Hybrid working model

Free onsite parking

Cycle Benefit scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Compassion in World Farming International in Godalming, Surrey, is seeking a Management Accountant to strengthen financial insight, budgeting and reporting across our global organisation. This permanent, full-time role offers a hybrid pattern with 2 days in the office and 37 hours per week.

You will produce monthly management accounts, support budgeting and forecasting, maintain data integrity in Netsuite, and partner with budget holders to explain financial performance.

Qualifications

• Experience producing or supporting monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting and explaining movements.
• Experience with accounting/finance systems, preferably Netsuite or similar.
• Strong Excel skills including lookups and pivot tables.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy with proactive error correction.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Charity finance experience including restricted/unrestricted funds is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Management reporting and analysis - monthly management accounts, variance analysis and commentary.
• Budgeting and forecasting - support annual budgets and periodic forecasts and staff cost monitoring.
• Financial data integrity - maintain coding structures, grant records and reporting in Netsuite.
• Stakeholder support - help budget holders understand performance and reporting requirements.
• Process improvement - identify ways to improve reporting and financial insight.

Skills

Management reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Netsuite experience

Excel

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Charity finance experience

Tools

Netsuite

Job description

Godalming HQ UK (Hybrid working pattern 2x days in the office)

Finance

Full time

Permanent

CompassioninWorld FarmingInternational is a global movement transforming the future of food and farming. Join us as our Management Accountant and help strengthen the financial insight, reporting and data integrity that supports effective decision-making across our global organisation.

Management Accountant

Roletype: Permanent; Full time

Location: Godalming, Surrey - HQ. Hybrid working pattern 2x days per week in the office. The office is located close to Godalming station, with direct trains from/to London Waterloo in approximately 45 minutes.

Salary: £39,000 - £48,000 per annum, depending upon skills and experience

About the role

As our Management Accountant, you’ll play an important role in helping Compassion in World Farming make well-informed financial decisions. Working within our Finance Business Partnering team, you’ll provide accurate and timely management information, support budgeting and forecasting, and help ensure our financial data, coding and reporting structures are robust and reliable.

As part of this new role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Management reporting and analysis - Preparing monthly management accounts, variance analysis and clear financial commentary.
• Budgeting and forecasting - Supporting annual budgets, periodic forecasts and monthly staff cost monitoring.
• Financial data integrity - Maintaining coding structures, grant records and reporting frameworks in Netsuite.
• Stakeholder support - Helping budget holders and non-finance colleagues understand financial performance, coding and reporting requirements.
• Process improvement - Identifying practical ways to improve reporting, processes and financial insight.

About you

To succeed as our Management Accountant, you’ll bring strong experience in management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, together with the confidence to explain financial information clearly to colleagues who may not have a finance background.

Skills and experience you’ll need to bring:

• Experience of producing, reviewing or supporting monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and clear commentary.
• Experience of supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and explaining movements against budget.
• Experience of working with accounting or finance systems, ideally Netsuite or a similar system.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, data sorting and analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with a proactive approach to identifying and correcting errors.
• The ability to communicate financial information in a clear, accessible and supportive way to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience of charity finance, restricted and unrestricted funds, grant coding or donor reporting would be beneficial.

If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you could thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.

This is a meaningful opportunity to use your finance expertise to support a global organisation working to end factory farming and build a more compassionate, sustainable future.

We offer a supportive, flexible workplace with a strong focus on wellbeing and development, including:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Health Cash Back Plan and 24/7 GP access
• Employee Assistance Programme and MHFA support
• Electric car scheme available
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Enhanced discretionary sick pay
• Hybrid working model (role and location dependent)
• Free onsite parking and office next to mainline station
• Cycle Benefit scheme and other savings options
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

About Compassion

Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global organisation working to end factory farming. Founded in 1967 by British farmer Peter Roberts, we’ve spent over 50 years driving change, successfully campaigning to ban cruel practices such as barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow stalls across the UK and Europe.

Our work combines advocacy, campaigning, and collaboration with policymakers and businesses to promote animal welfare and sustainable food systems. We envision a future where animals are treated with compassion, and farming supports both people and the planet. To learn more about our mission, culture, and opportunities, please explore our Candidate Pack , and Careers Page .

To comply with legal requirements in the UK and internationally, all applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the country where the role is based.

Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed toproviding equal opportunities for everyoneregardless of their background.Wevalue diversity and live experienceand acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector.We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.

Hours

37 hours per week

Why work for Compassion in World Farming?

• For animals, people and planet: We are on a mission to end factory farming and create a world where fresh air and sunshine are natural parts of any farming system.
• To expand your current skills, develop your career and make a difference to the lives of billions
• We offer 25 days paid holiday
• 45 minutes by train from London Waterloo, our international headquarters are in Godalming near Guildford, a picturesque market town on the banks of the River Wey.
• We occupy modern, bright open plan offices just two minutes walk from Godalming station
• Free parking