Senior Management Accountant

The Growth Company; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth Company is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to provide comprehensive finance and accounting services across The Growth Company Group. You will produce management accounts and other key financial information, while ensuring the integrity and completeness of data entered into manual and computerised systems.

Working closely with colleagues and stakeholders, you will provide reliable financial insight to support effective decision-making and strong financial management across the

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting within the public sector.
• Ability to produce timely financial information and variance analysis.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and cash flow forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Reporting Accountants to produce management accounts and other financial information.
• Provide commentary for variances against forecasts and budgets to inform decisions.
• Assist the FP&A team with funding claims preparation and submission.
• Analyse key business risk areas and resolve finance queries with Group functions.
• Maintain general ledger and ensure accurate journals and audit trail.
• Prepare annual and weekly cash flow forecasts and BACS runs.
• Prepare statutory financial information and liaise with auditors.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial accounting

Excel

Unit4

Public sector knowledge

Financial reporting

Education

Accounting qualification in progress

Tools

Unit4

Job description

The Growth Company's (GC) Finance team is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to provide a comprehensive finance and accounting service across companies within The Growth Company Group. You will produce accurate management accounts and other key financial information, while ensuring the integrity and completeness of data entered into manual and computerised systems. Working closely with colleagues and stakeholders, you will provide reliable financial insight to support effective decision-making and strong financial management across the Group.

At the Growth Company, we are dedicated to driving economic growth and improving lives by supporting individuals, businesses, and communities. We deliver a wide range of services, including employment support, skills and training programmes, and business growth advice. By working collaboratively with employers and partners, we help people find sustainable employment, develop new skills, and progress in their careers. At the same time, we support businesses to start, scale, and succeed contributing to a stronger, more inclusive economy for all.

Please note, interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on Monday 28th of September 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Senior Reporting Accountants to produce and review accurate, timely and relevant management accounts and other financial information in line with agreed timescales.
• Provide supporting commentary and explanations for variances against forecasts and budgets to inform key business decisions.
• Assist the FP&A team with the preparation and submission of funding claims.
• Produce detailed analysis of key business risk areas and resolve finance queries with wider Group functions.
• Complete and review robust balance sheet account reconciliations, investigating and resolving all reconciling items promptly and maintaining a sufficient audit trail.
• Maintain the general ledger to agreed timescales, ensuring journals are produced and posted accurately to support meaningful management accounts.
• Prepare annual and weekly cash flow forecasts, along with weekly BACS runs for submission and payment.
• Prepare statutory financial information and detailed audit files, liaising with auditors to provide financial analysis and key control documents.

About You:

• Experienced in working as a Management Accountant, including management accounting, cash flow analysis and completing control files.
• Working towards a recognised accounting qualification, or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Organised and flexible, with strong communication skills and the ability to support different companies or operating units across the Group.

Skills required:

• Strong knowledge of management and financial accounting principles.
• Proficient in Excel spreadsheets, with knowledge of Unit 4 being beneficial.
• Understanding of public sector and government programmes.
• Able to produce timely and accurate financial information that supports meaningful management decisions.

We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.

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At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals including vulnerable adults and young people is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate.

Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.

We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.

We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] or call us on 0161 237 4447.

Examples include:

• Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance.
• Extra time for tasks.
• Interview questions shared beforehand.
• Accessibility software or equipment for assessments.

We're proud to support the Ban the Box campaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we've removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.

GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.

All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health and Safety at work act and the GC Health and Safety Policy.