Senior Management Accountant

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment is delighted to support a highly respected service organisation in Dundee to recruit for a Senior Management Accountant to join their team.

Operating within a complex and fast-paced environment, the organisation manages substantial budgets and its finance function plays a pivotal role in supporting operational delivery, strategic planning, financial governance and service transformation. This organisation can offer career progression, excellent terms and conditions and this role will manage a small team of 4 people.

This is a highly visible Senior Management Accountant role, providing financial management and finance business partnering support across a broad portfolio of services with a budget of £170mill.

Reporting into senior finance leadership, the successful candidate will play a key role within the service, in financial planning, performance management and decision support, helping senior stakeholders balance service delivery priorities with financial sustainability.

• Provide management accounting support for a major operational division with responsibility for a budget in excess of £170m
• Develop, manage and monitor revenue budgets, forecasts and financial plans
• Partner with senior managers, operational leaders and service stakeholders to support informed decision-making
• Provide insightful financial analysis, reporting and performance commentary
• Identify financial risks and opportunities, recommending appropriate actions
• Support business cases, option appraisals and long-term service planning initiatives.
• Drive efficiency, cost improvement and value-for-money projects
• Prepare and present complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Contribute to annual accounts, statutory reporting and audit requirements
• Lead, coach and develop finance team members to ensure a high-quality service is delivered
• Support financial governance, compliance and continuous improvement of systems and processes

• Fully qualified member of a recognised professional accountancy body (e.g. ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Post-qualification experience within a large and complex organisation
• Proven management accounting experience
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Advanced Excel capabilities
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and effectively
• Experience influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders

• Comfortable operating in a complex, changing environment
• Able to balance financial objectives with operational priorities
• Confident presenting financial information to senior leadership teams
• Resilient, adaptable and able to manage competing demands
• Passionate about continuous improvement and developing others
• Strong relationship-building, negotiation and influencing skills

Experience with in public sector or similarly complex organisations would be advantageous but is not essential.

• Salary scale: £52,000 - £54,000

• Generous pension scheme with employer contribution of 20.9%
• 27 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
  , increasing with length of service
• Flexi-time options and opportunity to accrue & useflexi-time days
• Standard working week of 36 hours
• Mainly office-based working with 1-day per week working from home opportunity
• Excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression
• Opportunity to work within a purpose-driven organisation