Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner

Infiniium Ltd; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Infiniium Ltd in Beckenham area, Kent, is recruiting a Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner on a 6–12 month FTC. The role combines hands-on management accounting with true business partnering across the two entities, supporting senior stakeholders and guiding the integration of two finance functions.

You will produce monthly management accounts with variance analysis, own budgeting and forecasting cycles, build financial models for integration costs and synergies, and deliver

Qualifications

• UK qualified accountant with post-qualification experience (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Strong management accounting and forecasting skills.
• Experience supporting change, transformation or integration projects.
• Hands-on, detail-oriented with ability to see the bigger picture.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate, timely month-end management accounts with variance analysis.
• Act as trusted finance partner to budget holders and senior leaders.
• Own budgeting and forecasting cycles, including monthly updates.
• Support integration workstreams across two businesses.

Skills

Management accounting

Business partnering

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Change/Integration experience

Education

UK qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

ERP systems

Financial modelling

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner 6 - 12 Month FTC

Location: Beckenham area, Kent (4 days on-site, 1 day from home, plus a visit to the Uxbridge site every 1 to 2 weeks)

Contract: Fixed term, initial 6 - 12 months, with potential to go permanent

Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 Pro-rate, DOE, plus good benefits

Start: By Latest 1st December

The opportunity

Our client is a well-known name in the global entertainment industry and is about to integrate two businesses. This brand new role has been created to put finance at the heart of that process; you will combine hands-on management accounting with true business partnering, working with senior stakeholders across both sides of the business, supporting decisions and helping bring two finance functions together.

What you will be doing

• Producing accurate, timely month end management accounts, with clear variance analysis against budget and forecast
• Acting as the trusted finance partner to budget holders and senior leaders, turning the numbers into commercial insight
• Owning budgeting and forecasting cycles, including monthly forecast updates
• Supporting the finance workstreams of the integration, including aligning processes, reporting and systems across the two businesses
• Building and maintaining financial models to track integration costs, synergies and performance
• Preparing management information and KPI reporting for the leadership team
• Identifying and driving process improvements and efficiencies as the combined business takes shape
• Working closely with operational colleagues, including at the Uxbridge site, so the finance view is consistent across locations

What we are looking for

Essential

• UK qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with around 2 to 5 years post qualification experience
• Strong management accounting, business partnering and forecasting experience, with the confidence to challenge and influence non-finance colleagues
• Experience working in a business going through change, transformation or integration
• A hands on, roll your sleeves up approach, comfortable with the detail as well as the bigger picture
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Event or live entertainment experience
• US reporting skills
• Audit background

Why this role

• A high profile role with real exposure to senior leadership during a genuine period of change
• Chance to shape how a newly combined finance function works
• Real prospect of a permanent position for the right person
• Immediate start, so a quick and straightforward process