Management Accountant

Job description

SF Partners are working with a leading organisation to recruit a Management Accountant on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

Management Accountant
12 - 14 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hybrid Working - 3 Days Office-Based
Newark / South Nottinghamshire
£38,000-£40,000
Driving essential due to location

Working as part of an established finance team, you'll take ownership of the monthly management accounts process across a multi-company group, ensuring accurate and timely reporting. Alongside the preparation of management accounts, you'll analyse financial performance, investigate variances and present findings to Regional Managers, helping non-finance stakeholders understand the numbers and make informed decisions.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone with previous experience managing the full month-end process independently, who can come in and hit the ground running.

The role will include:
- Preparing and posting month-end journals, including payroll, accruals, prepayments, deferred revenue, depreciation and other adjustments.
- Managing the month-end process, ensuring journals and supporting schedules are completed within five working days.
- Taking ownership of monthly balance sheet reconciliations across allocated group companies.
- Reviewing management accounts, investigating variances and identifying unusual movements or trends.
- Analysing service and property-level performance, identifying key results and areas requiring attention.
- Preparing budget variance commentary and presenting monthly financial findings to Regional Managers.
- Explaining financial performance clearly to non-finance stakeholders and responding to queries from across the business.
- Supporting weekly cash flow forecasting and wider finance activities.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and streamline the month-end cycle.

About you:
- Previous experience independently managing the full month-end management accounts process is essential.
- Strong technical knowledge of journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Confident analysing financial information, investigating variances and producing meaningful management commentary.
- Experience presenting management accounts and explaining financial performance to non-finance stakeholders.
- Strong Excel skills are essential, particularly XLOOKUP, pivot tables and working with large datasets.
- Experience using Sage 200 would be advantageous, although this is not essential.
- AAT qualified or equivalent would be beneficial, but professional qualifications are not required. Candidates qualified by experience will be considered.
- Able to work independently, manage competing priorities and meet tight month-end deadlines.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced, hands-on Management Accountant who enjoys taking ownership of the numbers, getting involved in the detail and working closely with operational teams.

Additional information:
- 12-14 month fixed-term contract (maternity cover).
- Salary of £38,000-£40,000, dependent on experience.
- 37.5 hours per week.
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of three days per week in the office.
- Based in the Newark / South Nottinghamshire area - driving is essential due to the location.
- Ideally looking for someone to start by the end of November 2026, with early December the latest.

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