Management Accountant

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.