Senior Management Accountant

Alexander Daniels Finance Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Daniels are partnering with a growing business to recruit a Senior Management Accountant. This role leads the finance team, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching, and ownership of the month-end close, ensuring accurate reporting and strong financial controls.

You will present findings to senior stakeholders, work closely with the CFO, and drive improvements across forecasting, budgeting, and KPI reporting while developing junior staff and upskilling the team.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Proven experience in management accounting and month-end processes.
• Experience coaching and developing junior staff.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders and CFO-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close with accurate reporting and commentary.
• Review management accounts, journals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Coach and develop junior finance team members.
• Provide commercial insights and performance commentary to leadership.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and KPI reporting.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Coaching/mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Advanced Excel

Power Query

VBA

Commercial acumen

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA certification

Tools

Power Query

VBA

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Alexander Daniels are partnering with a growing business to recruit a Senior Management Accountant. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys developing people, driving high standards, and taking ownership of the month-end process while acting as a key support to the wider finance function.

This opportunity would particularly suit a first-time mover from practice, an Audit Senior, or someone with a strong technical accounting background who is looking to take the next step into a more commercial and people-focused position.

As Senior Management Accountant, you will act as a senior member of the finance team, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching, and support to Management Accountants, Assistant Management Accountants and Finance Assistants. You will play a key role in ensuring the month-end process runs smoothly, financial reporting is accurate, and junior team members continue to develop professionally.

You’ll be confident challenging information, presenting findings to senior stakeholders, and discussing financial performance directly with the CFO and wider leadership team.

• Provide day-to-day management, support, and coaching to members of the finance team.
• Review management accounts, journals, reconciliations, forecasts, and reporting packs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and high-quality output.
• Conduct regular feedback sessions and support performance development plans.
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate monthly training and upskilling sessions across the team.
• Arrange and deliver training programmes to continuously improve technical and commercial knowledge within the department.
• Act as the first point of escalation for technical accounting and process-related queries.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Month-End & Financial Reporting

• Lead and coordinate the month-end reporting cycle, ensuring deadlines are achieved effectively.
• Maintain a strong focus on current month accuracy, identifying key findings, trends, risks, and opportunities within the results.
• Own a portfolio of management accounts, including full P&L responsibility and detailed financial commentary.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations and balance sheet reviews to ensure integrity and accuracy of financial information.
• Prepare and review month-end reporting packs before final submission.
• Deliver detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year performance.
• Produce meaningful month-end commentary and KPI reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Ensure robust documentation and audit-ready financial records are maintained at all times.

Forecasting, Budgeting

• Review and challenge forecasts produced by the wider team.
• Prepare forecasts for more complex business areas where required.
• Support annual budgeting and planning processes.
• Provide commercial insight and recommendations to operational stakeholders.
• Develop strong relationships across the wider business, helping non-finance stakeholders understand performance drivers.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, controls, and reporting efficiencies.
• Take ownership of key technical accounting areas and reconciliations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the finance function.
• Ensure all working papers and documentation meet internal and external audit requirements.
• Coordinate financial information requests during audits and act as a key contact for auditors.

Stakeholder Management

• Present financial results, trends, and insights confidently to senior leadership.
• Support discussions with the CFO and other senior stakeholders, providing clear and concise financial analysis.
• Communicate findings with confidence and conviction, challenging where necessary and providing commercially focused recommendations.
• Anticipate stakeholder questions and proactively prepare supporting analysis and information.

About You

• Qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Previous experience reviewing the work of others and providing coaching or mentoring.
• Confident interpreting financial information and communicating findings clearly.
• Excellent understanding of P&L reporting, balance sheets, and month-end processes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify anomalies and explain variances.
• Advanced Excel skills; knowledge of Power Query, VBA, or Microsoft Copilot would be advantageous.
• Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders, including CFO-level audiences.
• Professional, confident, and able to influence and build credibility across the business.
• A natural coach who enjoys developing people and helping teams improve.

Why Apply?

• Significant exposure to senior leadership and the CFO.
• Ideal first move from practice or audit into industry.
• Broad role combining technical accounting, business partnering, and people leadership.
• Opportunity to influence processes, controls, and team development within a growing finance function.