Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Location:

Peterborough
Job type:
Full time
Posted Today

Requisition
Salary:
Circa £42,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time

Reporting into the Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial planning, performance, and decision‑making across your business area. You will deliver high‑quality financial insight, budgeting and forecasting, and commercial support that enables informed decision‑making in a complex and regulated environment. You will be accountable for delivering accurate actuals, forecasts, and budgets for the area you support and other areas within the remit of the Finance Manager and your team.

You will maintain compliance with financial controls policy & procedure, escalation of control issues, and communicate key financial controls messages across the virtual finance teams.

• Produce financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area.
• Act as the single point of contact for assigned budget holders for provision of all financial data and information.
• Work with the team and the Financial Controller to ensure key milestones and budget objectives are built into the timetable and plan.
• Ensure compliance with the budget timetable and process.
• Drive standardised continuous improvement in the budget process in conjunction with your team.
• Deliver the forecasting process for the designated business area, challenge assumptions in the bottom‑up process and ensure forecasts reflect an appropriate balance of risk and opportunity.

• Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience.
• Experience in managing stakeholders.
• Experience in producing actuals, forecasts and budgets.
• Experience with management accounting.
• Experience of compliance with financial controls and processes.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of, and application of, financial reporting and analysis tools (e.g., Power BI, SAP analysis and reporting applications).

• A competitive pension scheme where we double‑match your contributions up to 6%.
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind.
• An annual bonus scheme.
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community.
• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays.
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary).
• Flexible benefits to support your well‑being and lifestyle.
• Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental.
• Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks.
• Excellent family‑friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, and the opportunity for shared parental leave.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 11th January 2026

To apply, please submit your up‑to‑date CV and a cover letter describing why you are applying and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to relevant employment checks, including references, driving licence check, DBS Check, and confirmation of your right to work in the UK.

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