Management Accountant
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Reporting To: Financial Controller
Description
We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Management Accountant to join our team and play a key role in driving performance and supporting strategic decision-making across the business.
As a trusted business partner, you'll work closely with operational teams and senior leaders to deliver insightful analysis, shape budgets and forecasts, and ensure financial performance aligns with our goals. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful change, improve cost efficiency and play a important role in shaping the performance of a global business.
Our Finance team is based across two main sites - Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur. This role will be based from our Aberdeen office headquarters, on a hybrid working basis. We're happy to discuss how that will look for you as part of the hiring process.
On a typical day, it looks like this...
Financial Analysis & Reporting
* Analyse daily financial transactions to ensure accuracy and alignment with budgets.
* Prepare and present financial reports, including profit and loss statements, cash flow forecasts, and variance analyses.
* Investigate discrepancies between actual and expected performance, recommending corrective actions.
Budgeting & Forecasting
* Support the preparation of annual budgets and update financial forecasts based on current business performance.
* Review departmental cost structures and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Collaborate with senior managers, Finance colleagues, and cross-functional teams (e.g. HR, Operations) to gather data and provide financial insights.
* Liaise with external partners such as auditors, tax consultants, and banks to ensure compliance and support audits.
Compliance & Controls
* Ensure timely submission of statutory financial statements and compliance with local regulations.
* Oversee tax filings, payroll processes, and statutory payments (e.g. EPF, Income Tax, SOCSO, EIS).
* Manage intercompany billing, transfer pricing reviews, and fund transfers for operational continuity.
Operational Finance
* Supervise end-to-end finance activities including AP, AR, GL, bank reconciliations, and fixed asset management.
* Monitor cash flow and manage intercompany collections and payments.
* Maintain and review Finance SOPs and participate in integration and process improvement initiatives.
To be brilliant in this role, you'll...
* Be a part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ICAS)
* Have experience working in complex financial environments with a multinational, multicurrency business
* Have proven experience in a management accounting, financial analysis, or business partnering role.
* Experienced in preparing monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and cash flow forecasts.
* Familiarity with statutory reporting, tax compliance, and audit processes
* Experience working in a cross-functional environment and supporting operational decision-making.
* Be highly focused and accurate with an uncompromising eye for detail
* Have a track record of delivering accurate work to deadlines in a fast-paced organisation, with excellent prioritisation and task management skills.
* Be able to communicate well with internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to influence and guide towards agreed outcomes.
* Have high integrity, a role model for doing the right thing and commitment to high performance.
* Experience of NetSuite would be advantageous but full training will be provided
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