At a Glance
- Tasks: Own the month-end process and produce insightful management reports.
- Company: Dynamic housing organisation in London with a collaborative finance team.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Gain exposure to FP&A and commercial analysis in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while developing your analytical and business partnering skills.
- Qualifications: Fully qualified accountant or finalist, strong Excel skills, and analytical mindset.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 65000 £ per year.
- Management Accountant
- London – Permanent – Hybrid – £60,000 to £65,000 DOE
A housing organisation in London is looking to appoint a Management Accountantto join its finance team.
This is a hands‑on opportunity for a commercially minded accountant to take ownership of management reporting and month‑end, while also developing their business partnering and analytical skills.
Working closely with both finance and non‑financial stakeholders, you will play an important role in producing accurate and insightful management information, while helping to improve and systemise existing processes.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the month‑end process, including journals, reconciliations and management accounts.
- Produce timely and accurate monthly management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis.
- Work closely with the Head of FP&A and Financial Controller to ensure robust financial controls and reporting.
- Provide financial analysis and insight to support operational decision‑making.
- Build relationships with operational teams and develop finance business partnering across the organisation.
- Develop and improve Excel‑based reporting, models and processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve and systemise existing processes and reporting.
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or a finalist actively working towards qualification.
- Experience in a Management Accountant role withinproperty, residential, real estate, development or another capital-intensive environmentwould be advantageous, but candidates from other sectors will be considered.
- Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables and the ability to build practical models and reporting tools.
- Experience of month‑end, management accounts and financial reporting.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and explain financial performance.
- Commercially minded, with an interest in working closely with operational stakeholders.
- A proactive approach and the desire to improve how things are done rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
This is an opportunity to develop beyond traditional management accounting, gaining exposure to FP&A, commercial analysis and finance business partnering while playing a key role in strengthening the finance function.
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Management Accountant employer: Public Sector
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