Management Accountant

Hays is proud to be partnering with a well‑established public sector organisation with a strong focus on financial governance, service improvement and long‑term financial planning. Operating within a complex and fast‑paced environment, the organisation places real value on high‑quality financial insight to support senior leaders, budget holders and strategic decision‑making. A flexible and hybrid working approach is embedded, enabling employees to balance service needs with modern ways of working.

As Management Accountant, you will play a key role within the Management Accounting team,acting as a trusted finance business partner to assigned services. Reporting tothe Management Accountancy Team Leader, you will provide high‑quality financial analysis, advice and reporting to support effective budget management, service improvement and change initiatives.

Your responsibilities will include supporting services with budget setting,forecasting and monitoring, investigating and explaining variances, and ensuring the achievement of approved savings. You will contribute to business cases, performance reporting, medium‑and long‑term financial planning, and the preparation of service final accounts. The role also has a strong statutory focus, including the completion of statutory and other financial returns and supporting the production of the annual accounts in collaboration with corporate finance colleagues.

You will provide direction and support to a smallteam and engage regularly with senior managers, auditors and external stakeholders.

You must be a professionally qualified accountant (CCAB or CIMA) with proven experience in a similar management accounting or financial environment. A strong understanding of accounting standards, legislative requirements and financial governance is essential, along with the ability toremain up to date with technical developments.

You will bring excellent communication skills, enabling you to explain complex financial information clearly to both financial and non‑financial stakeholders. Strong analytical capability, high attention to detail, and advanced spreadsheet skills are required, alongside experience of working with financial ledger systems. You will be well organised, adaptable and comfortable working to tight deadlines with competing priorities, while demonstrating leadership capability,initiative and a commitment to continuous improvement. Experience with in apublic sector or local authority environment.

Inreturn, you'll secure a rewarding Management Accountant role offering a blendof professional challenge, influence and stability. The organisation offers ahybrid working model with a hybrid office presence, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders onhigh‑impact financial matters. You'll be supported in your ongoing professional development and given the scope to contribute meaningfully to service improvement, financial planning and organisational objectives within acollaborative finance function.