Management Accountant

Posted 4 April by HPCareers

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Management Accountant

Working in a busy and ever-changing lean manufacturing environment, with the opportunity to use your knowledge and skillset to support the financial controller.

Management Accountant Responsibilities:

  • Production of monthly management accounts including journals, reconciliations, overhead analysis.
  • Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Oversee inter-company invoicing and reconciling group balances.
  • Responsible for maintaining the standard cost of Raw Materials, WIP and Finished Goods
  • Reporting productions variances, implementing changes / improvements with the production team to resolve costing or process issues.
  • Monitoring costs against budgets and investigating variances.
  • Preparing weekly cash flow forecasting.
  • Quarterly VAT Returns.
  • Supporting site Financial Controller.
  • Providing line management and guidance to the Finance Administrator
  • Opportunity to support the implementation of the new ERP system in 2024, ensuring data integrity and ownership going forward


What we're looking for in the successful Management Accountant:

  • CIMA or ACCA fully qualified or finalist.
  • Degree in Finance, Accountancy, Maths or equivalent experience
  • Management Accountant with experience of Manufacturing environments
  • Cost & Project Accounting
  • Able to work autonomously and part of integrated teams
  • Somebody who has further career ambitions to develop into a Financial Controller in the future

Range of benefits:

  • Negotiable salary depending on experience
  • Salary sacrifice-led pension plan (contributions up to 6%)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free life assurance cover at four times basic annual salary
  • Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year
  • Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental wellbeing
  • Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers
  • Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Enhanced family-friendly benefits
  • Company sick pay
  • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity
  • Local discounts and offers (e.g. gyms)

Required skills

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • Engineering
  • Journals
  • Management Accountant
  • Management Accounts
  • Manufacturing
  • Raw Materials
  • VAT
  • WIP

Application questions

Are you an experienced and talented management accountant?
Do you have manufacturing, engineering or logistics experience?

Reference: 52423994

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