Senior Management Accountant

About The Role

We are looking for a technically strong Management Accountant to support the preparation of the financial reporting and month-end close, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the numbers that underpin business decisions.

Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, this role will act as a key support across day-to-day finance operations, reporting and process improvement initiatives.

This is a hands-on role with clear growth potential. You will play a key role in delivering accurate reporting, improving processes, and helping build a scalable finance function, enabling the Financial Controller to focus on leadership and oversight.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Close (Core Responsibilities)

• Support delivery of the month-end close process to agreed timelines
• Prepare the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, including full supporting schedules
• Ensure accuracy across revenue recognition, accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations
• Support the monthly group consolidation process, including intercompany eliminations and consolidated reporting
• Contribute to the preparation of monthly reporting packs with clear variance analysis and commentary
• Maintain audit-ready financials and strong documentation
• Support the payroll process from a finance perspective, including posting payroll journals, reconciling payroll-related accounts, and ensuring payroll costs are accurately reflected in the financials
• Prepare accurate, well-supported reporting outputs ready for Financial Controller review
  
  

Revenue, Projects & Cost Control

• Take responsibility for the accuracy of project and revenue accounting
• Partner with delivery teams to validate revenue and cost treatment
• Provide visibility on project and client profitability
• Monitor departmental budgets and investigate variances
  
  

Forecasting & Performance

• Support budgeting and forecasting processes
• Produce rolling overhead forecasts and scenario analysis
• Explain performance through key drivers and trends
• Identify risks and emerging issues early
  
  

Business Partnering

• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across the business
• Translate financial data into clear, actionable insight
• Support stakeholders in understanding performance and decision-making
  
  

Process & Systems Improvement

• Identify and implement opportunities to automate reporting processes, reduce manual effort, and improve accuracy and speed
• Act as a key user of finance systems (e.g. Xero, Kimble, Lightyear)
• Help build a scalable, well-controlled finance function
  
  

Compliance & Control

• Ensure compliance with IFRS/GAAP
• Support audit and statutory reporting
• Maintain strong balance sheet controls and reconciliations
• Review Accounts Payable outputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with financial reporting
• Monitor Accounts Receivable balances, including review of aged receivables and identification of risks to cash collection
  
  

Team Contribution

• Support and mentor junior team members, with a view to future line management responsibilities
• Promote a culture of ownership, accuracy, and continuous improvement
  
  

What You Bring

• Fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong technical expertise
• Experience playing a key role in financial reporting and month-end close
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition and project accounting (ideally services)
• Commercially aware, connecting financials to business performance
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment
• Confident communicator, able to challenge and influence stakeholders
• Demonstrates potential to grow into a leadership role
  
  

Skills & Experience

Technical

• Financial reporting, balance sheet management, and audit readiness
• Strong analytical and data skills
  
  

Planning & Analysis

• Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  
  

Systems

• Experience with finance tools (e.g. Xero, Kimble, Lightyear or similar)
• Process and workflow optimisation
  
  

Behavioural

• Ownership and accountability
• Clear communication and insight
• Collaboration and continuous improvement
  
  

Why Join

• Key role in delivering accurate, high-quality financial reporting
• Opportunity to shape processes and improve how finance operates
• Broad exposure across reporting, forecasting, and commercial insight
• Small, collaborative team with visible impact
  
  

Growth Opportunity

A clear path to expanded responsibility as the finance function evolves, with opportunities to move into leadership or commercial finance.