Management Accountant Reporting Lead

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading utility company as a Management Accountant Reporting Lead. You'll be responsible for delivering critical financial reports and insights, enhancing management understanding of performance. This role offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including flexible working arrangements and career development opportunities.

Benefits

26 days holiday per year

Contributory pension

Personal Medical Assessments

Wider benefits scheme

Qualifications

• In-depth experience in management reporting.
• Experience in implementing new reports and analysis.
• Ability to handle large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Provide monthly reports to CO-CEOs, CFO, and Board.
• Create high-quality reports and analysis.
• Support budgeting and forecasting analysis.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Attention to Detail

Leadership

Project Management

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

HFM

Job description

Job title Management Accountant Reporting Lead Ref 41073 Division Finance & Commercial Location Reading - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Salary Offering up to £65,000 per annum depending on experience Job grade B Closing date 28/05/2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamicManagement Accountant Reporting Leadto beresponsible for all group management reports, including Group financial performance, Board report, cash flow report and Forecast/Budget books. You will be key to providing partnering for the wider FP&A and financial reporting teams in the business while providing key analysis and insights.

This role will help drive forward the development of management reports and analysis across the group, ensuring best practice processes are implemented to deliver improved insight, accountability and understanding of Thames management results.

What you'll be doing as a Management Accountant Reporting Lead

• Responsible for providing monthly reports to the CO-CEOs, the CFO, the Board and shareholders to the standard required by the audience.
• Creation of high-quality reports, analysis, and commentary on performance.
• Own and manage relationships wider to understand drivers of performance and business cost trends, producing insights to support decision making.
• Understanding of P&L and cashflow performance and provide insights on overall position improving Thames understanding of its cost trends and drivers, with the support of Business FP&A teams.
• Work together with the Financial reporting team to ensure alignment.
• Support the Head of FP&A on budgeting and forecasting analysis and ad hoc requests.

What you should bring to the role?

• Qualified accountant with in-depth experience in Management reporting function with a proven track record in 'adding value’.
• Solid experience in implementing new reports, analysis and good quality reconciliations.
• Be prepared to lead projects such as Forecast/Budget books bringing improvements, automation.
• Able to deal with a large set of numbers, and build a database of one version of the truth.
• Able to multi-task and prioritise own work and effectively deal with ad-hoc tasks and projects.
• Strong analytical, Excel (including financial modelling) and PowerPoint skills.
• Attention to detail whilst being able to see the broader picture.
• Solid communications experience – prepare concise presentations and support the drafting of papers that will be sent to the Group Executive level.
• Proactive and ambitious - sets high goals for self and continuously strives to improve.
• System experience with SAP and HFM preferable.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary - Up to £65,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays).
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job, and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world's water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process . We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support you.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an enriching experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.