Director of UK Management Accounts in London

The Director of Management Accounts (DMA) is a high-impact leadership role within our UK business. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the DMA serves as the strategic interface between the UK business divisions and the Management Accounts team. You will hold a seat on all UK Divisional Boards and will be directly accountable to each UK Board team for financial performance and insights.

Leadership & Strategy

• Team Management: Provide direct line management for the UK management accounts team, overseeing roles across all UK divisions.
• Service Excellence: Ensure the team delivers outstanding service through accurate and timely weekly estimates, monthly accounts, forecasts, and annual budgets.
• Operational Influence: Act as a change agent by challenging the status quo and implementing pro‑active problem‑solving approaches.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Working with the Director, Finance Reporting & Systems to develop new and existing reports in line with business needs. Communicate monthly financial management information and commentary for leadership and the Board. Prepare commercially‑sound variance analysis and ad‑hoc budgetary reports at Division/Market/Brand/Work‑Order levels. Verify the integrity of management accounting information and ensure consistent usage of the chart of accounts and hierarchy of Market/Division/Brand across the business.
• Planning & Control: Manage, consolidate, and advise on Budget and Forecast procedures, including long‑term financial planning for the UK business. Assist the CFO in developing robust controls and processes to ensure uniformity of reporting and enhanced KPI tracking. Facilitate regular budget holder meetings with MDs and P&L owners to ensure disciplined budget management.
• Strategic Support: Identify key business opportunities and threats by "getting under the skin" of the operations. Produce financial data for special projects, including due diligence and other CFO‑led initiatives.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Qualified Accountant with significant experience in producing financial information for senior management.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading, developing, and motivating teams while maintaining accountability.
• Communication: Strong, confident interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate key concerns and control issues to the CFO.
• Technical Skills: Advanced spreadsheet and business system skills with a high level of analytical accuracy and attention to detail.
• Organisation: Exceptional planning and prioritising skills to manage complex team workloads.

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria. To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post.

Why work with us?

Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market‑leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days).
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days.
• Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments.
• Generous contributory pension scheme.
• Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more.

More about working for Haymarket

Putting social and environmental responsibility at the forefront of our business we have aligned our current sustainability goals with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As we serve our audiences, clients and communities, we are committed to driving the meaningful change necessary to build a better world. The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our business.

We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. Nothing beats face‑time with our colleagues to promote creativity and collaboration, we’ve therefore adopted a blended working model where full time employees can expect to spend 3 days of their week in the office and the other 2 working at a location of their choice.

Haymarket is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at.

Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.