Management Accountant

We're looking for a Management Accountant to join our Thames Water framework team.

Location: Flexible M4 Corridor - Mixture of office and home working
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

We're seeking a Management Accountant to work closely with our Finance Manager, providing vital financial and management information that supports our local management team. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact by supporting project financial performance and driving meaningful business decisions across our Thames Water framework.

As a Management Accountant, you'll be working within the finance team, supporting them in delivering robust financial reporting and commercial insight across major infrastructure projects. Your day to day will include:

• Supporting the preparation of monthly project financial reports, including forecasts, cost reports, cashflow updates and budget variance analysis
• Providing financial challenge to project teams, supporting decision-making across cost control, procurement and commercial reporting
• Overseeing project accounting records to ensure accurate and timely recording of income, expenditure, commitments and accruals
• Managing month-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations and reporting packs for approvals
• Preparing clear financial analysis and management information for project reviews, governance meetings and senior leadership updates

This role of Management Accountant is great for you if:

• You hold a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), or are at final stage part qualified
• You have excellent commercial knowledge and demonstrable experience in a construction environment, with project accounting background
• You possess advanced data analytic and excel skills
• You have strong communication skills and enjoy collaborating with others
• You're focused on continuous improvement and always looking for ways to enhance processes and reporting

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box.

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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