Management Accountant (12 month FTC), Stansted
Client:
Price Bailey
Location:
Stansted
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
1fc89cc8c662
Job Views:
7
Posted:
14.07.2025
Expiry Date:
28.08.2025
Job Description:
Management Accountant (12 month FTC)
At Price Bailey, we provide exciting opportunities for training, personal growth, and career engagement. We believe in fostering happiness and fulfillment in your work, whilst supporting and inspiring you to grow. We understand that your life extends beyond the workplace, which is why our Smart Working culture promotes flexibility, allowing you to choose when and where you work, whilst still providing excellent client care.
A well-established firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, we offer a wide range of services, including auditing, accounting, tax, and corporate finance. We serve a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a focus on entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.
What do the team do?
The team oversee all financial and accounting operations within the business, ensuring all financial transactions and reports are accurate, timely, and compliant with statutory regulations.
The role of a Management Accountant involves working independently with minimal supervision, managing workload to meet deadlines, delegating tasks to junior staff, and communicating professionally with colleagues and contacts. The work includes preparing company and subsidiary management accounts to trial balance, reviewing nominal transactions, maintaining lead schedules, preparing VAT returns, and other regulatory and financial reports.
What will I be doing?
As a Management Accountant, you will have ownership of the following tasks:
* Maintaining accounting records and producing accounts up to trial balance, including analytical review of accounts.
* Preparing VAT returns.
* Producing management reports for departments, ensuring accuracy and reducing review time.
* Following compliance procedures, instructions, and outlined processes.
* Overseeing the purchase ledger, including regular reviews of the ledger and nominal review.
* Mentoring and motivating junior team members through effective communication and constructive feedback.
What experience do I need?
While experience in the following areas is advantageous, we value passion and potential. If you meet the minimum criteria below and are eager to develop, we want to hear from you:
* ACA / ACCA part or fully qualified or QBE (minimum criteria).
* Confident, articulate, and effective communicator at all levels.
* Well-presented and professional.
* Team player with a flexible and proactive approach.
* Excellent IT skills; knowledge of Sage 200 is an advantage.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
What's on offer?
In addition to your salary, we offer the following benefits:
* 25 days annual leave (option to buy/sell up to 5 days)
* Private medical insurance
* Contributory pension scheme
* 4x life assurance
* Employee share scheme
* Family-friendly policies and paid time off for dependents
* 2 days paid volunteering leave
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts
Price Bailey is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and offer reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities. If you meet the minimum criteria, you may also opt into our guaranteed interview scheme.
A polite note to recruitment agencies: We only accept CVs from agencies briefed by our Resourcing team and with a contractual agreement. We do not accept speculative CVs, and agency fees are not owed unless contracted.
Documents: Job Description - Management (MB)
Job ID 337
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Created on 14/07/2025 by TN, United Kingdom
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