Management Accountant

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment (formerly Hutcheon Mearns Ltd) is delighted to be partnering with a leading organisation in Dundee, to recruit a Management Accountant to join their finance team team. This is a key position with a high level of interaction with non-finance stakeholders, providing financial advice and insight on budgets, forecasts and monthly financial reporting. This is a fast-paced environment which would suit an individual with experience and/or a desire to work in a sizeable organisation with career development and progression routes.

This is a step into a business partnering and management accounting role which will see you supporting the wider organisation to drive value and financial insight.

• Supporting senior stakeholders in various departments with financial insight and decision support
• Managing budgets, forecasts and financial performance for these areas (supported by Senior Management Accountant/ Finance Manager)
• Month-end reporting, particularly accruals, prepayments and journals
• Identifying risks and driving financial control and governance
• Producing clear, user-friendly reporting for non-finance audiences
• Supporting business cases, service developments and investment decisions by providing financial analysis and reports as required
• Contributing to the preparation of annual accounts
• Supporting external and internal audit processes
• Mentoring and supporting junior team members

The successful candidate for this role will have excellent communication skills including the ability to explain accounting concepts to non-finance budget holders. You will have an inquisitive mindset and instead of just reporting the numbers, you will analyse/interrogate them to provide context and meaning. You will have experience of budgeting, forecasting and accruals/prepayments reporting and have experience of month-end reporting.

You may be working towards your professional accountancy qualification or have a degree + suitable experience. Equally you may be a qualified Accountant looking for a career move with excellent terms and conditions.

• Competitive salary £43,000 - £45,000
• Pension: ~11% employee / 20.9% employer contribution
• Annual Leave: 27 days + 8 public holidays (rising to 33 days with service)
• Flexibility: 36-hour week with flexi-time and flexible working hours
• Hybrid Working:
  Office-based initially (first 6 months), moving to c.1 day WFH per week thereafter
• Work-Life Balance:
  Flexi-leave and structured working patterns available
• Office location accessible by public transport

If you are looking to make your mark being pro‑active in a management accounting environment, this could be an excellent role for you! Please apply with your full CV.