Cost Accountant jobs in United Kingdom
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Management Accountant: Strategic Finance Partner
Morgan McKinley
Management Accountant
Job summary
A leading property maintenance firm based in Southampton is seeking an accountant to produce high-quality management accounts and assist with financial accounting activities. The ideal candidate is either qualified or part-qualified and has strong experience in financial analysis and Excel. This role offers hybrid working and opportunities for professional development.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience accountant.
- Strong experience in producing management accounts.
- Proficiency in Excel with lookups and pivot tables.
Responsibilities
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
- Support financial controller with balance sheet reviews.
- Assist in ad-hoc finance support and scenario planning.
- Collaborate with finance teams for consistent reporting.
Skills
Education
CLC is one of the UK’s leading property maintenance and refurbishment groups with a turnover of c.£250m, around 1,000 employees and a national presence serving sectors such as social housing, defence, hotel and leisure, healthcare, education, and more.
- Annual holiday; 25 + Bank holidays
- Hybrid working with access to offices and sites across the UK.
- Opportunity to partner closely with senior leaders and influence financial performance.
- Long service awards; continuous service at key achievements are rewarded
- Perkbox; from free coffees and cinema tickets to trips away and much more
- Volunteer day; paid yearly volunteer days for a worthy cause
Based at our Southampton office, you will play a key role in producing high-quality management accounts, supporting both CLC and group financial accounting activities, and delivering ad-hoc finance support to meet business needs. This is a flexible role suitable for qualified, part-qualified, or qualified-by-experience accountants (with a preference for qualified). You’ll work closely with the Finance Leadership Team and collaborate with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business.
- Management Accounts & MI - Produce accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary.
- Group Financial Accounting - Support the CLC Group Financial Controller with balance sheet reviews, reconciliations and control improvements.
- Ad-Hoc Finance Support - Support one-off business cases, modelling, scenario planning and investment analysis.
- Team Support & Collaboration - Work closely with wider Finance teams to ensure aligned reporting and consistency.
- Qualified, part-qualified (ACCA/ACA/CIMA), or qualified by experience.
- Strong experience producing management accounts and financial analysis.
- Strong Excel skills (lookups/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, model-ready worksheets).
- Experience business partnering with operational or commercial teams.
- Understanding of balance sheet reconciliations and working capital principles.
- Highly organised self-starter with strong written and verbal communication.
This list of responsibilities and requirements are not exhaustive, and some degree of flexibility is required to support the success of the department.
If this opportunity interests you we would love to hear from you, what are you waiting for!
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