At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our finance team to produce management accounts and provide financial insights.
- Company: Mears Group, a leading provider of housing and care services in the UK.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous pension, and family-friendly policies.
- Other info: Access excellent training, wellbeing services, and community volunteering opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a positive impact while developing your finance career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified or part-qualified with strong Excel skills.
Annual salary: up to £40,000.00
Location: Gloucester Head Office with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, full time. 8:30am to 5:00pm
Salary: £40,000 per annum plus benefits
Mears Group are seeking a proactive and commercially focused Management Accountant to support our Central Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part‑qualified finance professional looking to develop their career within a dynamic and supportive environment. In this role, you will be responsible for producing timely and accurate management accounts, supporting forecasting and budgeting processes, and providing valuable financial insight to stakeholders across the business. You will play a key part in ensuring financial accuracy, improving efficiency, and supporting profitability across multiple branches.
Mears Group is a leading provider of housing and care services in the UK, committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality services while supporting our employees with development opportunities and a strong focus on wellbeing and inclusion.
About the Role
- Work as part of the finance team to support the smooth running of the accounts function and deliver high quality financial reporting and analysis.
- Produce monthly management accounts accurately and within deadlines.
- Support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes.
- Maintain and reconcile balance sheet control accounts.
- Analyse financial performance and investigate variances.
- Provide clear financial insight to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Analyse large volumes of data using Excel.
- Support business units to maximise efficiency and profitability.
- Challenge and interrogate financial data and systems to ensure accuracy.
Key Criteria
- CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified or final stage part qualified.
- Strong IT skills with advanced Excel capability.
- Proven ability to analyse and interpret high volumes of data.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage non‑finance colleagues.
- Ability to build effective working relationships across teams.
- Proactive, inquisitive and personable approach.
Benefits
- Family friendly policy, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Sick pay.
- Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000).
- Share saver scheme.
- Eye test vouchers.
- Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling service).
- Wellbeing service (access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors).
- Mears Annual Family Fun Day – fully paid, including lunch, to places such as Blair Drummond Safari Park and M&D's Theme Park.
- Mears Rewards – performance recognition platform awarding high street vouchers.
- Volunteering leave – employees can undertake volunteering in the community.
- Excellent training and development opportunities.
- 25 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
Candidates must have the entitlement to work in the UK; Mears Group does not offer visa sponsorship. All positions are subject to relevant background, identity and security checks before commencement of employment.
Equal Opportunities
Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We support the Armed Forces Covenant and provide equal opportunities for all applicants.
To discuss your application further, please contact Joe Monger (joe.monger@mearsgroup.co.uk).
Management Accountant employer: Mears Group
Mears Group is an exceptional employer located in Gloucester, offering a dynamic and supportive work environment for Management Accountants. With a strong focus on employee wellbeing, development opportunities, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Mears Group provides a range of benefits including generous pension schemes, family-friendly policies, and performance recognition platforms. Join us to make a positive impact in the communities we serve while advancing your career in finance.
