Salary up to £70,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Location: Gloucester, UK
This is a permanent, full-time vacancy.
The Vacancy
AIS is seeking an experienced Group Management Accountant to join our Finance team at our head office in Gloucester. This role is responsible for overseeing the month-end management accounts process across the entire group, working closely with the Group Financial Accountant.
Main duties will include:
1. Leading a team of six Management Accountants/Business Partners/Financial Controllers.
2. Reviewing and supporting the team with month-end reporting (including review and approval of journals) before presenting to the Head of Finance.
3. Reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliation.
4. Supporting the finance analyst with inputs for the quarterly reforecast and/or budget setting process.
5. Reviewing existing processes and encouraging continuous improvement within the department.
6. Supporting the treasury team with online approvals of bank payments.
Candidate Requirements
* Fully ACCA/CIMA qualified (or equivalent) with relevant post-qualification experience.
* Proven experience managing and developing a team.
* Advanced Excel skills and strong overall IT proficiency.
* Excellent analytical and numerical abilities.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the business.
* Motivated self-starter with a proactive approach and a strong sense of ownership.
* Experience with Pegasus Opera, Microsoft Business Central, and OLAP tools is desirable.
* Industry experience is preferred but not essential.
* A willingness to travel within the UK and overseas as required.
Additional benefits include:
* Up to 15% discretionary annual bonus scheme
* Annual car allowance
* Private medical cover
* Enhanced pension contributions
* Life insurance: 4x annual salary
* Access to online wellbeing programmes
* Access to lifestyle benefits website
Our Vision
Our vision is to be globally recognised as the most technically advanced provider of fire protection, insulation, and marine products, working closely with customers to deliver innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions.
Our Purpose
To make the world a safer place by protecting life, infrastructure, and vital assets on land and sea.
Our Mission
To harness our skills and knowledge to diversify and grow, combining bold thinking and world-class expertise to create a range of products with strong appeal for individual markets, while forming part of an integrated family of solutions.
Who We Are
AIS is a global leader in the engineering, manufacture, and application of insulation and passive fire protection systems, as well as buoyancy and SURF (subsea, umbilicals, risers, and flowlines) products. Our products deliver mission-critical solutions for the energy, industrial, automotive, chemical, and marine sectors.
We are committed to investing 10% of our revenue into R&D annually to stay at the forefront of industry insight and innovation. We specialize in the manufacture and application of technical coatings, including syntactic phenolic resin-based foam thermal insulation materials, providing high-performance solutions for challenging environments.
Our approach emphasizes responsibility, perceptiveness, candor, and fearlessness—driving innovation and excellence in everything we do.
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