Management accountant

Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working

Salary £35,000 - £40,000 depending on experience

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.

We are looking for a self-motivated well organised individual to join our Finance team. Reporting to the head of finance, this is a key role within our ambitious finance team. You will take responsibility for financial accounting and provide business partnering support for areas allocated by the head of finance, contributing to budgeting, forecasting, audit readiness and support for the purchase and sales ledgers as required.

In addition to ensuring that regular financial reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner, they will support implementation of the new finance system.

The successful candidate will be qualified ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, or part-qualified with experience. This is a role for someone who enjoys accounting and has sound knowledge of double entry bookkeeping. Knowledge of VAT would be advantageous especially in how it relates to a charity (partial exemption).

The successful candidate will be someone who is comfortable using a range of software, possess excellent interpersonal skills, high levels of accuracy and be able to manage and prioritise their own workload.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community. Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Telephone interviews will be held week commencing 30 November 2026 and interviews will be held week commencing 7 December 2026

Department:
Finance

Contract type:
Fixed Term Contract

Hours:

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged, and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring we pay our employees fairly, we offer the following benefits:

• LOCATION Our main office is set in the city centre, a short walk from the bus and train station, with direct services from Cambridge, Norwich, Birmingham, Leicester, Leeds, Liverpool, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh. London King’s Cross is just 45 minutes away. The building is adjacent to the A15, just a few minutes from the A1 and direct connections to the national road network.
  
  Cyclists also benefit from Peterborough’s Green Wheel, a network of routes in and around the city, providing safe links to all areas.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING Flexible working hours with start and finish times around core hours of 9.30 – 4.30.
• ANNUAL LEAVE All full time employees start with paid bank holidays plus another 26 days holiday, increasing with every year of service to a maximum of 31. This is calculated on a pro rata basis for part time employees. Employees have the option to "buy" or “sell” up to one-week annual leave, in a pre-set window prior to the start of the holiday year
• PENSION The charity makes a generous contribution of 6% to a group pension plan. Employees will need to contribute a minimum of 2%, to meet the current pension regulations. All employees are enrolled in the pension scheme as soon as they join the charity, regardless of their salary levels, whether they are on a permanent or fixed-term contract.
• PARENTAL LEAVE We comply fully with all legislation with relation to maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
• SICK PAY Charity sickness benefit is available once an employee has worked with us for three months and equates to 2…