Management Accountant

About the Business

An excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing services business in Central Worcester as a Management Accountant. You'll sit within a small but high-impact commercial team, reporting to the commercial head, with real autonomy over the end-to-end management accounts and the opportunity for line management of one team member. This is a role with genuine visibility, working directly with the Finance Director and the wider Executive team.

Main Duties:

As a Management Accountant, your main duties include:

• Taking full ownership of the management accounts from start to finish
• Producing and reviewing the monthly accounts for every company within the Group
• Pulling the Group figures together into a consolidated set of management accounts
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Building the monthly reporting pack for the Board and Executive team
• Producing insightful reporting across sales activity, customer and R&D
• Developing P&L reporting split by function, department and product, building strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business
• Supplying management information to the Executive team on request
• Working alongside the wider FP&A team to pull together the annual budget, ongoing forecasts and supporting packs
• Driving improvements in reporting processes, output quality and model governance, with a view to shortening the month-end timetable
• Introducing process improvements and tightening controls through automation
• Making better use of finance systems, data and tools to improve efficiency and insight
• Line managing one member of the management accounting team, covering objectives, coaching, development and performance
• Acting as a mentor across the wider finance team, setting the standard for accuracy, rigour and ownership
• Maintaining consistency and high technical standards across reporting

Location / Office / Culture

The role is hybrid, with a maximum of 2 days based in Central Worcester. The business is people-focused, with diversity, equity and inclusion genuinely embedded, and a set of values built around accountability, innovation, teamwork and trust. You'll be joining a lean, fast-moving finance function where your work is seen and used at Board level.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified is preferred but will consider finalists or QBE
• Ownership of the month-end process is essential
• A proven track record of delivering accurate financial information to deadline
• Experience of managing, coaching or developing others — or clear readiness to take that step
• Advanced Excel and strong attention to detail
• Confidence working autonomously within a small team

Why Join the business

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 26 after three years, with the option to buy up to 30
• Discretionary 5% company bonus
• 4% matched pension contribution
• Life assurance at 4x salary and critical illness cover
• Enhanced family leave — 26 weeks' full maternity pay and 6 weeks' paternity
• More benefits disclosed once applied

About Us

We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.

Ref: VL75922