Management Accountant – 9 Month Contract

Essex / Hertfordshire Border | Hybrid Working

£70,000 – £75,000 + benefits

An established and value-driven organisation is seeking an experienced Management Accountant to provide contract support during a period of strategic change and project activity.

This is a broad and commercially focused finance role that offers exposure across financial planning, management reporting, business partnering, budgeting and forecasting, whilst supporting senior stakeholders in delivering informed decision-making.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and timely monthly management accounts and financial reporting.
• Analyse financial performance, identifying key variances, trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Partner with operational teams and budget holders to improve financial understanding and performance.
• Assist with the preparation of business cases and financial modelling.
• Deliver insightful reporting, dashboards and management information packs.
• Undertake financial due diligence and risk assessment activities.
• Support process improvement initiatives and finance transformation projects.
• Assist with the development of financial performance metrics and reporting frameworks.
• Contribute to governance, controls, audit activity and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

We are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with:

• Proven experience within management accounting, FP&A or commercial finance.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
• Experience producing management information for senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling capability.
• Excellent business partnering and communication skills.
• A proactive approach with the ability to work independently within a changing environment.
• Experience improving processes, reporting and financial controls.

Desirable (not essential) Experience

• Exposure to financial due diligence activities.
• Experience working with ERP/accounting systems and business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of value-for-money, impact measurement or programme-based funding models.

What's on Offer?

• A varied and impactful contract opportunity.
• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic projects.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• A collaborative and supportive environment.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution within a purpose-led organisation.

If you’re an experienced Management Accountant looking for a broad, commercially focused contract role where you can make an immediate impact, we’d be interested in hearing from you.

To apply, please submit your CV for a confidential discussion.

.

We do our best to reply to EVERY application!

We have been candidates too and we work hard to treat you in the same way that we would want to be treated. Therefore, we try not to rely on a generic advert disclaimer as this is something that is important for us and the businesses we partner with.

Given the high volume of responses we receive from the combination of job boards, social media and other sources and despite our best efforts, many of our responses will be via email as we simply can’t call every application - We know that may not quite what you want to hear but we hope you’ll understand and that you like our approach.

We work with great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us, and our clients stronger, more creative and ultimately better at what we all do.

Short-listed candidates will obviously be contacted for this specific role and, regardless of the outcome of this process, feel free to ustilise the ‘job seeker resources’ on our website.