Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and oversee the period end close, ensuring delivery in line with group timetables, accounting standards and control requirements
- Provide direction, review and challenge on journals, accruals, deferrals and reclassifications, ensuring strong evidence and audit trails
- Take accountability for the accuracy and completeness of revenue, cost and profitability reporting across assigned business areas
- Maintain balance sheet integrity through high quality reconciliations and timely issue resolution
- Review and challenge variance analysis to ensure financial movements are clearly understood and communicated
- Ensure consistent, high quality management accounting outputs that support the wider Finance function
- Act as the escalation point for complex accounting, close or data related issues, applying sound judgement and coordinating resolution
- Drive continuous improvement across management accounting processes, controls and ways of working
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Management Accountants, building capability and resilience within Controllership
Requirements
- Strong understanding of management accounting, period end close and balance sheet control frameworks
- Proven experience leading or overseeing management accounting delivery, or similar, in a controlled environment
- Ability to apply and challenge accounting judgement, particularly in complex or nonstandard scenarios
- Excellent understanding of controls, audit requirements and financial governance
- Highly developed analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and challenge financial movements
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Benefits
- 25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
- Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
- Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
- Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
- Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
- Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
- Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
- Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
- Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
- Electric Vehicle (EV) Scheme – A wide range of electric & hybrid vehicles.
- Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
- Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.