About the role
As a Management Accountant, you will support financial management, reporting and planning across key business areas. You will work closely with Finance leadership, FP&A, Commercial teams and operational stakeholders to provide clear analysis, challenge assumptions, strengthen controls and identify opportunities to improve how Finance works.
Key responsibilities
Own monthly reporting and analysis for designated business areas, providing clear commentary on performance against budget and forecast, including key variances, risks and opportunities.
Act as a trusted Finance partner to stakeholders across the business, supporting decision‑making through accurate reporting, commercial insight and constructive challenge.
Build a strong understanding of business activities, cost drivers, contractual commitments and commercial arrangements to provide informed financial guidance.
Prepare and review month‑end journals, supporting working papers, accruals, prepayments, provisions and balance sheet reconciliations to support accurate reporting and strong financial control.
Assess the accounting treatment of commercial arrangements, supplier contracts and new business activities, ensuring alignment with accounting standards and company policies.
Play an active role in budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes, working with stakeholders to develop robust and realistic financial plans.
Partner with FP&A and Financial Control teams to support consistency between management reporting, statutory reporting and forecasting outputs.
Drive continuous improvement across Finance processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting, controls and ways of working.
Required qualifications and experience
A recognised accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience.
Experience in management accounting, month‑end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and balance sheet control.
Strong technical accounting knowledge, with the ability to apply judgement to commercial arrangements, contracts and real business scenarios.
The ability to interpret financial information clearly and share insight with both finance and non‑finance audiences.
Strong commercial awareness, with confidence partnering with stakeholders to support performance and decision‑making.
A thoughtful and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
Confidence working with Excel, large datasets and finance systems to produce accurate analysis and reporting.
Ideally, experience supporting process improvements, automation initiatives or coaching junior colleagues.
Trainline is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality, and thought.
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As a Management Accountant, you will support financial management, reporting and planning across key business areas. You will work closely with Finance leadership, FP&A, Commercial teams and operational stakeholders to provide clear analysis, challenge assumptions, strengthen controls and identify opportunities to improve how Finance works.
Key responsibilities
Own monthly reporting and analysis for designated business areas, providing clear commentary on performance against budget and forecast, including key variances, risks and opportunities.
Act as a trusted Finance partner to stakeholders across the business, supporting decision‑making through accurate reporting, commercial insight and constructive challenge.
Build a strong understanding of business activities, cost drivers, contractual commitments and commercial arrangements to provide informed financial guidance.
Prepare and review month‑end journals, supporting working papers, accruals, prepayments, provisions and balance sheet reconciliations to support accurate reporting and strong financial control.
Assess the accounting treatment of commercial arrangements, supplier contracts and new business activities, ensuring alignment with accounting standards and company policies.
Play an active role in budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes, working with stakeholders to develop robust and realistic financial plans.
Partner with FP&A and Financial Control teams to support consistency between management reporting, statutory reporting and forecasting outputs.
Drive continuous improvement across Finance processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting, controls and ways of working.
Required qualifications and experience
A recognised accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience.
Experience in management accounting, month‑end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and balance sheet control.
Strong technical accounting knowledge, with the ability to apply judgement to commercial arrangements, contracts and real business scenarios.
The ability to interpret financial information clearly and share insight with both finance and non‑finance audiences.
Strong commercial awareness, with confidence partnering with stakeholders to support performance and decision‑making.
A thoughtful and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
Confidence working with Excel, large datasets and finance systems to produce accurate analysis and reporting.
Ideally, experience supporting process improvements, automation initiatives or coaching junior colleagues.
Trainline is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality, and thought.
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