Management Accountant in Scotland

Location: Scotland or Poland (Office-based / Hybrid / Remote)

Reporting to: Financial Controller

The opportunity: We’re looking for a commercially minded Management Accountant to join our Finance team at Hudson Talent Solutions. This is an EU-based role with a global remit, supporting our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) division within Hudson Global, Inc. Working closely with the Financial Controller and senior stakeholders across the business, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality management reporting, strengthening financial controls, and providing insight that supports informed decision-making. This role suits someone who enjoys partnering with the business, thrives in a multi-entity environment, and brings a continuous improvement mindset.

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll take ownership of end‑to‑end management accounting across assigned client accounts and cost centres, ensuring accuracy, insight, and compliance across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Delivering month‑end close activities including accruals, journals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing periodic management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) with clear variance analysis and commercially focused commentary.
• Producing monthly management reports that support operational and strategic decision‑making.
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls, group policies, and UK/EU audit requirements.
• Preparing annual statutory financial statements.
• Supporting the global tax team with corporate tax and payroll‑related returns.
• Analysing financial performance to support medium‑ and long‑term planning, budgets, and forecasts.
• Acting as a trusted finance partner to non‑finance stakeholders, advising on the financial impact of business decisions.
• Monitoring spend against budget and supporting strong cost control.
• Translating financial data into clear, meaningful insights for operational teams.
• Reviewing financial systems and contributing to process and automation improvements.
• Supporting wider Finance team initiatives and priorities as required.

Key stakeholders:

• Global Finance team
• Account Directors and Client Operations Leaders
• Talent Acquisition and Delivery Leadership
• Commercial, Legal, and Contract Management teams

What we’re looking for:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA, CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Around 3 years’ experience in a Management Accountant or Finance Business Partner role within a commercial environment.
• Strong experience in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Proven ability to partner with senior non‑finance stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with financial systems.
• Working knowledge of FRS102, US GAAP, and IFRS.
• Strong understanding of VAT.
• Commercially curious, with a clear understanding of how organisations operate and manage resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and prioritisation skills.
• Comfortable working to deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to work remotely, with flexibility to travel domestically and internationally when required.
• Experience within RPO, recruitment, professional services, or contract‑based business models.
• Experience supporting UK and EU operations or internationally distributed teams.
• Power BI or similar reporting and visualisation tools.
• Experience with the Exact financial system.

What success looks like:

• Accurate, timely delivery of month‑end reporting, budgets, and forecasts.
• Tangible process improvements, including automation.
• Improved financial transparency across client accounts.
• Strong stakeholder feedback on finance partnering and support.

A little about us: At Hudson Talent Solutions, we partner with clients to deliver smart, scalable, and people‑focused talent solutions. From high‑volume industrial hiring to complex workforce challenges, we combine market expertise, innovation, and strong relationships to deliver measurable results. We value diversity, foster inclusion, and believe great recruitment starts with curiosity and collaboration.

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