Management Accountant

Management Accountant – Drive Financial Performance Within a Bespoke Automotive Environment

Location: Near Daventry
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Join a world-class automotive business renowned for precision engineering, craftsmanship, and innovation. This opportunity for a Management Accountant offers the chance to work within a specialist manufacturing environment supporting high-performance vehicle programmes and operational excellence across UK and international teams.

The Management Accountant will play a key role in delivering financial planning, operational reporting, and commercial analysis to support business performance and strategic decision-making. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the Management Accountant will contribute to budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business partnering activities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Why Join?

• Work within a globally recognised luxury automotive manufacturing environment
• Support exciting vehicle programmes and operational projects
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineering, manufacturing, and finance teams
• Opportunity to influence operational and financial performance
• Exposure to both UK and international business operations
• Excellent employee benefits including an enhanced pension scheme and holiday allowance

Key Responsibilities of the Management Accountant:

• Support business planning, forecasting, and operational finance reporting
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly KPI reporting
• Assist with month-end journals, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Carry out variance analysis and provide actionable financial insight
• Support operational and capital expenditure planning activities
• Deliver inventory reconciliations and fixed asset management support
• Conduct labour cost analysis and BOM cost analysis
• Support spend governance and supplier financial activities
• Develop financial models to support operational decision-making
• Work closely with international finance teams on forecasting activities
• Support business case preparation and strategic financial analysis
• Attend performance review meetings and present financial data to stakeholders
• Provide ad hoc statutory reporting support

Hours & Pay:

Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00 (flexibility required to support USA operations)
Pay: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Ready to Join the Team?

This Management Accountant opportunity is ideal for an analytical finance professional looking to contribute within a specialist automotive manufacturing environment where quality and performance are at the forefront of every project.

Apply now with your CV, and a member of our team will contact you to discuss the next steps. All applications are handled with the utmost confidentiality.

Key Skills:

Management Accountant, financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, manufacturing finance, automotive finance, KPI reporting, business partnering, BOM analysis, operational finance, budgeting, Excel, reconciliation, financial modelling, supplier management, month-end accounting