Job Description
To support the Financial Controller in delivering accurate, timely financial reporting and management accounting across the business. The Management Accountant will play a key role in maintaining financial controls, supporting cash management, driving budget and forecast processes, and partnering with operational teams to provide meaningful financial insight.
Specific Responsibilities
Monthly Financial Reporting
* Prepare monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow analysis.
* Perform month‑end close activities including journals, accruals, prepayments, and provisions.
* Complete variance analysis against budget and forecast, providing clear and concise commentary.
* Reconcile key control accounts including bank, intercompany, and balance sheet accounts.
* Prepare monthly consolidation reporting for Group submissions to agreed timetables.
* Assist in the preparation and review of monthly management account packs for senior stakeholders.
Cashflow Forecasting & Cash Management
* Prepare weekly and monthly cashflow forecasts, monitoring actuals against projections.
* Support cash collection activities, working closely with Commercial teams to ensure timely receipt of payments.
* Identify and elevate potential cashflow risks, providing proactive analysis to the Financial Controller.
* Perform regular bank reconciliations and treasury reporting as required.
* Liaise with internal stakeholders to improve accuracy of cashflow forecasting models.
Budgeting & Forecasting
* Support the annual budgeting process, coordinating inputs from operational and commercial teams.
* Assist in the preparation of quarterly reforecasts, ensuring alignment with business performance.
* Provide financial modelling and scenario analysis to support business planning decisions.
* Work with budget holders to challenge assumptions and drive accountability for financial performance.
* Maintain and update budget templates and forecasting tools, improving accuracy and efficiency over time.
Business Partnering & Ad Hoc Queries
* Act as a key finance point of contact for operational and commercial teams, responding to ad hoc financial queries in a timely and accurate manner.
* Process and manage cost transfers between contracts, cost centres, and entities, ensuring correct coding and appropriate authorisation.
* Provide financial analysis and insight to support project reviews and contract profitability assessments.
* Support the preparation of ad hoc reports and financial analysis as required by the Financial Controller or senior leadership.
* Build strong working relationships across the business, translating financial data into clear, actionable insight for non‑finance stakeholders.
Financial Controls & Compliance
* Ensure compliance with Group financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
* Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations to agreed timetables and standards.
* Support internal and external audit requirements, providing documentation and analysis as needed.
* Assist with VAT, CIS, PAYE/NI, and other statutory compliance obligations.
* Maintain clear audit trails and documentation across all financial transactions.
Systems & Process Improvement
* Maintain and optimise Business Central ERP, including dimension structures and chart of accounts.
* Support development of automated reporting using Power Query and other tools.
* Identify and implement process improvements to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency.
* Document financial processes and procedures to ensure knowledge retention and continuity.
* Contribute to finance transformation initiatives led by the Financial Controller.
Qualifications
* Part‑qualified or qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or qualified by experience.
* Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar management accounting role.
* Strong technical accounting knowledge (UK GAAP).
* Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, data analysis).
* Experience working with ERP systems.
* Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
* Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
* Clear communicator with ability to explain finance to non‑finance stakeholders.
* Self‑motivated and able to work independently.
* Experience in construction, infrastructure, or project‑based industries.
* Business Central ERP experience.
* Power Query, Jet Reports, Odata.
* CIS and subcontractor accounting knowledge.
* Experience supporting cashflow forecasting models.
* Exposure to finance transformation or systems implementation.
* Payroll processing experience.
* Process improvement mindset.
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