Management Accountant in Liverpool

Management Accountant – Business Manager (South Liverpool)

If you’re a qualified Management Accountant looking to accelerate your career within a rapidly expanding organisation, this is an excellent opportunity to step into a role offering real ownership, pace, and progression. This business is scaling quickly, and the finance team is central to enabling that growth, making this a great fit for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and enjoys making meaningful improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the month‑end close process to deadline.
• Produce the full management accounts pack, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and KPIs.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Compare budgets/forecasts to actuals, investigate variances, and deliver clear commentary.
• Partner with cost centre managers to ensure accurate monthly costings, strong budget discipline, and aligned decision‑making.
• Provide practical, commercially focused insights to non‑finance teams.

Payroll, Compliance & Statutory

• Support monthly payroll preparation and balance reviews.
• Assist with external audit preparation and schedules.
• Prepare VAT.
• Manage and account for FX transactions.

Process & System Improvement

• Identify and implement improvements across reporting, controls, systems, and processes.
• Streamline and optimise the month‑end cycle.
• Use Excel and finance systems to enhance automation and reporting quality.

Qualifications & Experience

• Fully qualified (ACCA / ACA / CIMA).
• Strong grounding in management accounting and financial reporting.
• Excellent Excel and general systems capability.
• Confident communicator able to engage effectively with non‑finance stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset with a passion for improving how finance operates.
• Experience with NetSuite (advantageous but not required).
• Exposure to multi‑entity environments.
• Understanding of VAT.

Offer

• Annual Bonus
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance

We are looking for a quick start timeline. If you are interested in this opportunity, please get in touch as soon as possible.

Employment details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries: Staffing and Recruiting