Management Accountant

About the Business

A fantastic opportunity to join a housing sector business based in Halesowen as a Management Accountant, paying £35,000. The organisation provides housing and support services across the region, giving the successful candidate the chance to do genuinely meaningful work while developing their career. This role is for a smaller organisation, with a fantastic Finance Director to learn from, where training and support from senior leadership will be offered.

As a Management Accountant, your main duties include:

• Producing monthly management accounts, supporting schedules, and income and expenditure reports
• Supporting budget monitoring, variance analysis, and cash flow forecasting
• Running month-end close, including posting accruals, prepayments and other adjusting journals
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts and keeping the trial balance clean and accurate
• Overseeing purchase ledger activity – processing invoices and credit notes, reconciling supplier statements and preparing payment runs
• Managing sales ledger and credit control, including raising invoices, chasing overdue balances and reconciling customer accounts
• Completing regular bank reconciliations and investigating any unreconciled items
• Supporting payroll checks and reconciliations, including pension-related reporting
• Assisting with year-end preparation, audit queries, and the production of statutory accounts
• Contributing to ongoing improvements in finance systems, controls and management reporting

The role is based in Halesowen, working closely with the Finance Manager and Finance Director within a small, supportive finance team. Free onsite parking is available, and the business places real value on training, development and giving people the tools to progress.

The ideal candidate will have:

• AAT Level 4 qualified, or qualified by experience
• Experience preparing, or assisting with, management accounts
• Solid grounding in double-entry bookkeeping, with confidence posting journals, accruals and prepayments
• Track record of completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Good working knowledge of accounting software and strong Excel skills
• High attention to detail, well organised, and comfortable managing deadlines with a good degree of autonomy
• Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA, previous Xero experience, or a background in the housing or not-for-profit sector would all be an advantage, though none are essential

• Fantastic mentorship from the Finance Director
• Genuinely etc.
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