At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide financial analysis and support for budget management and service improvement.
- Company: Established public sector organisation focused on financial governance and service enhancement.
- Benefits: Hybrid working model, flexible hours, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for leadership and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial planning and work closely with senior leaders.
- Qualifications: Professionally qualified accountant with experience in management accounting.
The predicted salary is between 37800 - 46200 £ per year.
Hays is proud to be partnering with a well‑established public sector organisation with a strong focus on financial governance, service improvement and long‑term financial planning. Operating within a complex and fast‑paced environment, the organisation places real value on high‑quality financial insight to support senior leaders, budget holders and strategic decision‑making. A flexible and hybrid working approach is embedded, enabling employees to balance service needs with modern ways of working.
Your new role as Management Accountant will play a key role within the Management Accounting team, acting as a trusted finance business partner to assigned services. Reporting to the Management Accountancy Team Leader, you will provide high‑quality financial analysis, advice and reporting to support effective budget management, service improvement and change initiatives.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting services with budget setting, forecasting and monitoring
- Investigating and explaining variances
- Ensuring the achievement of approved savings
- Contributing to business cases, performance reporting, medium‑ and long‑term financial planning, and the preparation of service final accounts
- Completing statutory and other financial returns
- Supporting the production of the annual accounts in collaboration with corporate finance colleagues
- Providing direction and support to a small team
- Engaging regularly with senior managers, auditors and external stakeholders
What you'll need to succeed:
- You must be a professionally qualified accountant (CCAB or CIMA) with proven experience in a similar management accounting or financial environment
- A strong understanding of accounting standards, legislative requirements and financial governance is essential
- Excellent communication skills, enabling you to explain complex financial information clearly to both financial and non‑financial stakeholders
- Strong analytical capability, high attention to detail, and advanced spreadsheet skills are required
- Experience of working with financial ledger systems
- Well organised, adaptable and comfortable working to tight deadlines with competing priorities
- Demonstrating leadership capability, initiative and a commitment to continuous improvement
- Experience within a public sector or local authority environment
What you'll get in return:
In return, you'll secure a rewarding Management Accountant role offering a blend of professional challenge, influence and stability. The organisation offers a hybrid working model with a hybrid office presence, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders on high‑impact financial matters. You'll be supported in your ongoing professional development and given the scope to contribute meaningfully to service improvement, financial planning and organisational objectives within a collaborative finance function.
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