📄 Job Title: Senior Management Accountant (Contract)
📍 Location: Leavesden, Watford (Hybrid)
📅 Duration: 12 months
🏢 About the client
Our client is a globally recognised media and entertainment organisation operating large-scale studio, production, and commercial businesses. They support major international productions and are continuously investing in expanding their infrastructure and strategic projects.
🧠 Overview (in simple words)
They are looking for a Senior Management Accountant who will:
* Own financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for key projects
* Act as a Finance Business Partner to support business teams
* Provide commercial insight and support decision-making
* Ensure financial control, compliance, and accuracy
* Manage project finance (capex, assets, costs, leases)
👉 This is a hybrid role combining:
Accounting + Commercial Finance + Business Partnering
🛠️ Day-to-day responsibilities
* Prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis
* Track and manage project spend (capex & opex)
* Handle:
* Accruals
* Prepayments
* Journals
* Fixed assets & depreciation
* Ensure accurate financial reporting & compliance (SOX, policies)
* Work closely with global finance teams and project stakeholders
* Act as a finance partner to project leads (provide insight & challenge)
Support:
* Business cases
* Investment appraisals
* Review lease agreements and financial implications
* Deliver ad-hoc financial analysis for strategic decisions
🚫 Non-negotiables (must-have)
✔️ Qualified or part-qualified accountant
* ACA / ACCA / CIMA
✔️ Strong management accounting experience
* Budgeting
* Forecasting
* Financial reporting
✔️ Experience with:
* Fixed assets / capitalisation / capex
✔️ Strong Excel skills
✔️ Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
✔️ Strong stakeholder management / business partnering
⭐ Nice-to-have (bonus)
* Experience in:
* Media / entertainment
* Property / infrastructure / large-scale projects
* Exposure to:
* Capital projects / project finance
* Lease accounting