Senior Management Accountant

Agincare Head Office Services; Southampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Agincare Head Office Services is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join the Finance team at our Southampton office, with regular travel to our Dorset Head Office. You will deliver high-quality financial reporting, support strategic decisions, and lead a team of Management Accountants to drive accuracy and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include month-end close, detailed variance analysis, and partnering with department heads on budgeting and forecasting to achieve strategic

Qualifications

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification completed.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close, journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Produce variance analysis and explain performance movements to senior stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly financial reports, KPIs and ad-hoc analyses; mentor junior staff.

Skills

Financial analysis

Management accounting

Advanced Excel

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Agincare is seeking an experienced and fully qualified Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team and play a key role in supporting the continued success of our growing organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys turning complex financial data into meaningful insight and influencing decision-making at a senior level.

Based primarily from our Southampton office, the role will also involve regular travel to our Head Office in Dorset, giving you the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across the business.

As Senior Management Accountant, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality financial reporting and analysis, supporting strategic decisions, and ensuring the effective delivery of management accounting activities across the organisation. Working closely with the Senior Accountant, you will provide leadership and guidance to our Management Accountants, driving accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement while helping the finance function deliver real value to the wider business.

What you’ll be doing

Managing the month-end process, including journals, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations

Producing detailed variance analysis and clear explanations for performance movements

Preparing monthly financial performance reports, KPIs, and ad-hoc analysis for senior stakeholders

Supporting and mentoring junior accounting staff, helping to develop capability and best practice

Collaborating with department heads on budgeting and forecasting aligned to strategic goals

Monitoring business costs and identifying opportunities to improve financial performance

Ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting and compliance with internal processes

Maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Supporting continuous improvement across systems, processes, and reporting

What we’re looking for

Fully qualified ACCA, ACA, or CIMA

2-3 years’ experience in management accounting

Experience in a senior or supervisory role

Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail

Proficiency with financial systems (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar) and advanced Excel skills

Confident communicator able to present financial information to non-financial colleagues

Highly organised, able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

A collaborative, professional approach and commitment to high standards

Why join Agincare?

At Agincare, the work you do has a direct impact on the services we provide and the people we support. You'll join a supportive and ambitious team where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and your contribution recognised.

In return, you'll have the opportunity to influence key business decisions, develop your leadership skills, and play an important role in shaping the future of the finance function within a growing organisation.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical expertise with commercial influence and leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children's Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations across England.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, www.agincare.com/careers