Management Accounting Manager

At NPL, we set the standards by which the world is measured. Our work underpins solutions to global challenges — from tackling climate change and advancing medical breakthroughs to enabling next‑generation communications technology. Our Finance team plays a critical role in shaping NPL’s success. By partnering across the organisation, we create a clear strategy and vision, monitor performance, and provide insights that drive informed decisions and sustainable growth.

As the Management Accounting Manager, you’ll be a key member of the finance leadership team and manage a team of circa 20 qualified and part‑qualified staff. You will ensure that the Management Accounts team delivers accurate and timely management accounts, supported by a clear understanding of financial performance.

In this role, you will also play a key role in enhancing systems and processes to strengthen financial governance & control, to safeguard assets and manage financial risk.

• Lead the performance and potential of the team, building a highly motivated, customer focused and high performing team, promoting and sharing best practices
• Lead the month end close process including the preparation of monthly management accounts including full P&L and balance sheet analyses to ensure financial performance is accurately reflected and deadlines are met
• Provide clear management account reporting & KPIs which explains financial performance versus forecast targets
• Lead collaboratively with the Commercial Finance team to enable the business to understand financial results and business performance
• Deliver existing Executive Monthly reporting and develop enhanced future reporting
• Maintain strong financial governance, ensuring systems are in place that safeguard the assets & control financial risk
• Implement efficient and effective financial controls, ensuring they are followed and reviewed regularly, including monthly balance sheet reviews as well as supporting the financial audit by providing a clear explanation of relevant accounting and controls
• Support the Budgeting and Forecasting processes
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders to ensure external compliance is fully understood and applied in a timely manner; ensuring the financial information reported to DSIT is meeting their needs and requirements
• Lead on the exploitation of the ERP system across Finance to drive improved ways of working, controls and financial information
• Continuously review and develop processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise, and drive efficiencies

We are seeking a highly skilled and commercially astute Management Accounting Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality reporting. The successful candidate will bring proven experience in leading teams with diverse skills, building effective relationships, challenging constructively, and working collaboratively across the organisation.

• You will be a qualified accountant with proven post-qualification experience in a similar role
• An experienced people manager with demonstrable experience of coaching and developing a medium-sized team
• Experience of leading themonth end process and producing monthly management accounts and variance analysis
• Strong background in financial reporting,controls and compliance
• Ability to combine technical expertise with excellent analytical and communication skills
• Highly collaborative
• High proficiency in Excel and ideally have experience of financial reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Dynamics)
• Ability to balance competing priorities and meeting tight deadlines

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