Finance Manager - Management Accounts

We’re looking for a Finance Manager (Management Accounts) to join us in Bradford, due to continued business growth. Working in a constantly changing, dynamic, fast‑paced and diverse environment, the Financial Manager is responsible for Management Accounting across companies within the footprint including Virgin Media. The role will suit a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail. The successful candidate must be deadline focused with an aptitude for process improvement and simplification.

What will you be doing?

• Month‑end activities: Perform accounting processes across the organisation
• Prepare journal entities
• Prepare analysis and provide insight into areas of focus
• Work within internal reporting deadlines
• Make recommendations to improve and simplify processes
• Liaise with senior stakeholders and influence decision making across the organisation

Control:

• Implement an effective internal control framework
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, highlighting and resolving any issues
• Ensure compliance with SOx and other regulatory requirements
• Liaise with auditors and provide evidence and supporting narrative as required

Process Improvement and Automation

• Ensure work is performed efficiently
• Identify opportunities to improve and simplify processes
• Work collaboratively to standardise processes
• Work with automation teams to automate processes

Essential

• Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
• Experience of working within large corporate structures
• Strong excel and financial systems skills (eg. Oracle, Hyperion/HFM)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to coach and develop others
• Experience of working in a complex environment, delivering to deadlines
• Experience of research into emerging / complex accounting or reporting issues
• Qualified Accountant with Management Accounting, and/or audit experience
• Assurance mindset – the ability to review accurately, but also to identify risks in processes and reconciliations and articulate/resolve/mitigate these as part of the monthly accounting cycle
• Communicator – to provide clear and meaningful interpretation of analysis conducted; to lead and control meetings with senior stakeholders
• Customer focused – to understand finance and operational stakeholder needs and requirements to provide excellent customer service, balancing challenge and support
• Collaboration – working across internal and external teams in multiple locations to deliver improvements and best practice within the team
• Self‑motivated – well organised, adaptable and resilient, responding to challenging priorities with urgency and pace; able to work under pressure
• Solution driven – creative thinker, open to change and different ways of doing things
• Efficient and agile – challenge the way things are done, having a critical eye, learning from activities and being prepared to try new ways of doing things; adopt a consultative approach with partners

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• 24 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off
• Discounted gym and wellness memberships
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast‑paced and passionate team

Who We Are

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech‑enabled back‑office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer‑centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale‑up journey and unlock your freedom to grow! Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. If you are curious and resilient with a limitless mindset, we’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.