Management Accountant

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

R8591 Management Accountant Permanent. Full Time. Manchester £44,100 - £48,500 Hybrid, 2 days per week in the office (Monday and one other day)

Help shape financial decisions and drive continuous improvement across AQA.

As a fully qualified Management Accountant, you'll play a key role in the day-to-day operation of AQA's Financial Control team.

You'll manage the financial information of some of our most complex divisions, working closely with finance colleagues to ensure accurate and timely reporting for stakeholders across the organisation.

You'll be a champion for continuous improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance processes and ways of working across finance.

You'll contribute to the management of the audit and accounts process, prepare financial statements for the group and subsidiaries and support a range of compliance-related activities.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to become a well-rounded and experienced Finance and Accounting professional.

In this role, you'll:

• Support the preparation of group, subsidiary accounts and supporting schedules
• Manage sections of the audit, delivering timely responses and quality schedules and memos
• Produce accurate, timely month end management accounts for our largest and most complex business units
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations for large, complex accounts
• Support accurate subsidiary reporting and intercompany postings
• Support tax compliance, including VAT
• Support complex accounting transactions
• Train and guide junior colleagues
• Champion continuous improvement, leading your own projects and encouraging the team with theirs
• Work closely with other teams to align finance processes with organisational goals
• Champion AQA's values and behaviours in everything you do

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Full qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of audit, accounting, tax and accounting standards
• Detail focussed
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and mentoring skills
• Proven ability to interpret financial data to inform strategic decisions
• A step-up mindset: sound judgement with full accountability and ownership of your work
• A results focus: pragmatic decisions, delivered at pace

What’s in it for you? This is an opportunity to broaden your experience across financial reporting, audit, compliance and business partnering while contributing to an organisation with a clear social purpose.

A 35-hour working week with flexible, hybrid working 25 days' annual leave (rising to 30), plus Christmas closure days.

A generous pension scheme with combined contributions up to 18.5%, available from your first day.

BUPA healthcare support, wellbeing programmes and volunteering opportunities.

Being a part ofAQA’s inclusive andvalues-led culture with the opportunity to join a variety of employee networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, empowering women, wellbeing, ethnic diversity and Interfaith.

The opportunity to work closely with senior finance stakeholders.

At AQA, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can do their best work. We value the different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds our people bring, knowing they strengthen our culture, decision-making and impact. We foster an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect, has access to opportunities to grow and contribute, and feels able to be themselves.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived…