Senior Management Accountant

Aerial Direct; Fareham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in telecommunications is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join their finance team in Fareham. This role involves producing consolidated monthly accounts and supporting financial planning and analysis. The successful candidate will have a strong work ethic, excellent organisational skills, and a passion for developing others. They will play a key role in enhancing team efficiency and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.

Benefits

Holiday rising with each year of service

Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme

Your Birthday Off

23 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Free eye tests & support towards glasses

Gym Discounts

Discounted Home Broadband

Family & Friends Broadband Referral Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential Wellbeing Support

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar senior management accounting role.
• Strong analytical mindset with great attention to detail.
• Effective communicator, able to present financial information.

Responsibilities

• Support in producing monthly consolidated management accounts.
• Perform full balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage and develop finance team staff.

Skills

Billing

FP&A

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Tools

Sage Intacct

Microsoft Excel (advanced level)

Job description

Senior Management Accountant
Our finance team are a small, tight-knit team that support all departments within the Aerial Direct group with all things finance related. Based in our newly refurbished Fareham offices and reporting into our Financial Controller, we're looking for a Senior Management Accountant to support the finance team in producing consolidated monthly accounts for all entities within the Aerial Group of companies.

This role requires a hands-on individual with solid billing knowledge, strong analytical skills, and the confidence to challenge existing processes constructively. The ideal candidate will be self-sufficient, driven, and continuously looking for opportunities to enhance efficiency and support business improvement.

Key attributes include a strong work ethic, adaptability to change, and a commitment to ensuring business-as-usual (BAU) activities are completed accurately and on time. The successful candidate will be conscientious in their work, able to voice their opinions professionally, and play an active role in the development of team members, supporting skill growth and contributing to the success of the business.

What do we offer?

• Holiday rising with each year of service
• Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme
• Your Birthday Off - after all it's the most important day of the year!
• 23 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Free eye tests & support towards glasses
• Gym Discounts
• Discounted Home Broadband
• Family & Friends Broadband Referral Scheme

• Our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential Wellbeing Support
• Regular events and activities throughout the year including our famous Christmas Party, summer party & Employee Awards!
• Company pension scheme

You'll get involved in:

• Support in producing monthly consolidated management accounts.
• Prepare monthly reports to highlight financial results, trends, and forecasts.
• Perform full balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage prepayments and accruals processes for entities.
• Support on FP&A activities, including reconciliation to actuals.
• Oversee and reconcile all billing, ensuring profitability, accuracy of recurring charges, and reporting of variances.
• Manage inventory purchasing across the business, including reconciliation of stock and cost.
• Ensure full compliance and management of all tax obligations, including VAT, PAYE, NI, Corporation Tax, and R&D claims (This will be supported).
• Liaise with external auditors to support the preparation of statutory accounts and ensure compliance.
• Support the finance team in developing and implementing new written policies and procedures.
• Produce ad hoc financial reports and reconciliations as required.
• Manage and develop finance team staff, ensuring performance, training, and team growth.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Proven experience in a similar senior management accounting role.
• Strong knowledge of billing, FP&A, and month-end processes.
• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or qualified by experience.
• Ability to challenge current practices constructively and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with great attention to detail.
• Effective communicator, able to confidently present and explain financial information.
• Leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and developing others.
• Proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Excel (advanced level).

It would be great if you have:

• Experience of working with Sage Intacct

Who are we?
We exist to enable our customers to have the conversations that matter. We do this through effective partnerships and a great customer experience.

Working at Aerial Direct isn't just a career, it's a decision to be better. It's choosing to take on interesting work that challenges you. We can promise that your hard work will be rewarded and recognised, and you'll be given the tools, training, and support needed to do a great job.

We are proud to be one of the UK's leading independent providers of telecommunications. We are equally as proud of our employees who have helped us become one of the largest O2 partners in the UK.

Our Process

Step 1: Is there a fit? You'll have a chat with our Talent Acquisition team, talk through your past experiences and what it is you're looking for from your career

Step 2: Meeting with your would be manager, our Financial Controller, to talk through some of the more technical aspects of the role.

Step 3: Meet with our Financial Controller again, and a member of the team to talk through your motivations, whilst also getting a feeling for Aerial Direct. You'll run through a few scenario based questions, and get the opportunity to ask anything you'd like to learn about.

Step 4: If it looks like a good fit from both sides, we'll be looking to make you an offer!

Our Values:

All: We are one team enabling each other and the business to thrive

Elite: We will be the very best that we can be for our customers and our colleagues

Respectful: We show respect for our environment, our people and above all else, our customers

Impeccable: We will deliver the best customer experience and service in all we do

Agile: We're always looking to be one step ahead, quick to move, and to anticipate our customers' needs

Limitless: We seek continuous improvement in order to grow and develop the business