Senior Management Accountant

Location: Solihull; a flexible hybrid working model which supports you as well as enabling you to work collaboratively with your colleagues

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

About Us

At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, we’re part of a global banking group with a simple mission: to provide straightforward consumer finance solutions that help customers make responsible financial decisions. We partner with leading UK retailers and brands to support their customers finance purchases responsibly.

The Role

As a Senior Management Accountant, you will lead a small team responsible for delivering accurate, high‑quality insight into the company’s Operating Expenses. Working closely with business departments, you will help interpret cost drivers, analyse trends, and highlight risks and opportunities to support informed decision‑making. You will oversee forward looking planning and ensure clarity and reliability in Opex reporting for both local leadership and Group stakeholders. A key element of the role is building strong relationships across the organisation to improve data quality, strengthen forecasting accuracy, and provide meaningful, value‑adding commentary. Alongside BAU activities, you will champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to automate manual tasks, streamline processes, and support wider finance transformation initiatives to enhance analytical capability and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a small team of Management Accountants, promoting professional qualifications, skills development and a collaborative team culture.
• Oversee the monthly Operating Expenses (Opex) reporting cycle, delivering accurate reporting, insightful analysis and value-added commentary for leadership decision‑making.
• Identify key cost trends, risks and opportunities, providing actionable financial insights to support business performance.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, process optimisation and the development of efficient reporting and forecasting tools.
• Partner with stakeholders across the business to enhance budgeting, forecasting and long‑term planning, improving cost management and forecast accuracy.

Skills and Attributes

• Proven experience in FP&A and/or Management Accounting, with a strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting and performance analysis.
• Excellent numerical, analytical and presentation skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights clearly.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities, with confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision‑making.
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience using financial planning and reporting tools; accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) preferred, or significant relevant experience.
• Experience in data analytics, process automation and finance transformation, including tools such as Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion and emerging AI technologies; knowledge of the financial services sector is advantageous.

Could this be you? Making a positive impact is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for people who live by our values, who are positive, brave, and own it. Don’t let confidence hold you back. You don’t need to meet every requirement – if you have around 75% of the skills and the right attitude, we’d love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you

As a Top Employer UK, we offer a supportive, inclusive environment and a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your lifestyle. Highlights include:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive package, contributory pension, and health cash plan.
• Opportunity to buy/sell holiday giving you even more control over your work‑life balance.
• Flexible benefits including private medical insurance and lifestyle discounts.
• A culture that values collaboration, development, and wellbeing.

Apply now to join a team that makes a real impact.

Your Application Journey

• Call with our Talent Acquisition team
• Informal chat with the Hiring Manager
• Competency‑based interview including a short presentation (90 minutes in total)

We aim to complete the process within 3-4 weeks, depending on availability. If you’re not shortlisted, we’ll still let you know the outcome. Please note that this role may close early once we have enough suitable applicants, so apply soon.

Equal Opportunities

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace and ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of age, disability, gender, identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or background. For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.