Management Accountant

Your new company
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Management Accountant to join a well-established industrial manufacturing and processing business. Operating within a dynamic and fast-paced environment, this hands-on role sits within a small finance team and is ideally suited to an individual who enjoys ownership, variety, and working closely with operational stakeholders.The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering accurate management reporting, maintaining robust financial controls, and providing valuable financial insight to support business performance and continuous improvement initiatives.
Your new role

• Prepare monthly management accounts including profit and loss reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals, prepayments, and supporting commentary.
• Take ownership of key aspects of the month-end close process and ensure strong financial controls are maintained.
• Analyse financial performance, investigate variances, and provide meaningful insight to support commercial decision-making.
• Manage core sales ledger activities including invoicing, credit control, reconciliations, revenue recognition, and cash collection support.
• Support stock accounting processes, including inventory reconciliations, stock valuation, and operational cost reporting.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow reporting, VAT returns, fixed asset management, and year-end audit requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve finance processes, reporting, and internal controls.
• Build effective relationships with operational teams, including production, procurement, and logistics to support performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide support across wider finance activities and offer cover where required to ensure business continuity.

What you''ll need to succeed

• ACCA, CIMA, ACA qualified, part-qualified, or qualified by experience (QBE).
• Proven management accounting experience gained within manufacturing, industrial, engineering, logistics, distribution, or similar operational environments.
• Strong month-end accounting, reconciliation, and financial control experience.
• Experience working within a small finance team where flexibility, ownership, and initiative are key.
• Exposure to sales ledger, stock accounting, inventory, or working capital management.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using ERP systems.

Desirable

• Experience using Business Central or a similar integrated ERP system.

What you''ll get in return

• 25 days A/L + bank holidays
• Free meals/snacks
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance (post probation)

What you need to do now


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