Management Accountant (Part-Time)

Transaction Recruitment; Redditch; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Friendly team

Job summary

Transaction Recruitment is seeking a part-time Management Accountant in Redditch. You will take ownership of monthly management accounts, including P&L and balance sheet reporting, and work closely with the MD and Fractional FD in a friendly SME environment.

The role offers genuine flexibility around hours (minimum 18 hours/week) with a hands-on, numbers-driven approach to improve KPI reporting and cost tracking within the ERP system.

Qualifications

• Hands-on management accounting experience in an SME.
• Confidence producing end-to-end management accounts.
• Comfortable working in an SME environment.
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified preferred, though qualified-by-experience candidates welcome.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate monthly management accounts including P&L and balance sheet.
• Complete reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Manage intercompany reconciliations across the group.
• Analyse work-in-progress and provide job/margin analysis.
• Investigate variances and explain movements to FD/MD.
• Improve monthly reporting pack accuracy and usefulness.
• Strengthen job costing, labour and material cost tracking in the ERP.

Skills

Management accounting

End-to-end reporting

SME experience

Manufacturing awareness

Commercial mindset

Education

ACCA/ACCA/CIMA preferred

Tools

ERP system

Job description

About the Business

A great opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business based in Redditch as a Part-Time Management Accountant. This is a privately owned, close-knit SME with a friendly, supportive team, where you'll work closely with both the Managing Director and the Fractional Finance Director. This is a hands-on role with genuine flexibility around hours to suit the right person.

Main Duties

• Taking ownership of preparing accurate, timely monthly management accounts, including full P&L and balance sheet reporting
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments
• Managing intercompany reconciliations across the wider group
• Calculating work-in-progress and producing job and margin analysis
• Investigating variances against budget and prior periods, flagging and explaining any unusual movements
• Delivering clear, meaningful analysis and supporting information to the Finance Director and Managing Director
• Continually improving the accuracy, consistency and usefulness of the monthly reporting pack
• Working closely with the operational team to strengthen job costing, labour and material cost tracking within the ERP system
• Identifying practical opportunities to streamline processes and reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets
• Helping to embed stronger KPIs and richer management information across the business

Location / Office / Culture

This role is based in Redditch, working from the office so you can really get under the skin of how the business operates. In return, there's genuine flexibility on hours, with a minimum of 18 hours per week on a part-time basis and the working pattern very open to discussion to fit around you. You'll join a small, friendly management team in a supportive, down-to-earth working environment.

What We Are Looking For

• Hands-on management accounting experience
• Confidence producing end-to-end management accounts
• Comfortable and familiar working within an SME environment
• Manufacturing experience is beneficial, though not essential
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified preferred, though qualified-by-experience candidates are also welcome
• A naturally inquisitive, commercially minded approach, comfortable investigating and challenging the numbers

Why Join the Business

• Genuine flexibility on hours to suit your lifestyle
• A lovely, supportive team, with a hands-on MD and FD
• Real ownership over an evolving finance function
• A stable, long-term role within a well-established SME
• The chance to shape and improve management information as the business grows

Ref: VL76829