Senior Management Accountant

Location Aylesford
Salary Paying £50k - £60k DOE
Contract Permanent
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We are partnering with a growing Kent-based business that is looking for an ambitious, commercially minded Senior Management Accountant to strengthen its financial management capability. The business has recently joined a larger group, and the role offers genuine scope to grow within it.

This is a hands-on position combining accurate, timely reporting with forward-looking analysis, stronger controls, financial modelling and systems improvement. Reporting to the Finance Director, it is a Financial Controller designate opportunity, with the chance to develop beyond traditional management accounting into broader financial leadership, planning, controls, systems and business partnering.

Key Responsibilities

Management Accounting & Reporting

•        Prepare timely monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow information, within the group's reporting deadlines.

•        Embed a disciplined month-end close, with reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and reporting timetables.

•        Produce insightful variance analysis against budgets, forecasts and prior periods, with clear commentary and KPIs.

•        Maintain the integrity of financial information and improve the consistency and usefulness of management reporting.

•        Calculate work-in-progress and accrued income, and manage revenue recognition processes.

Group Reporting & Governance

•        Implement and comply with the reporting formats, deadlines and accounting policies of the wider group.

•        Support intercompany accounting, reconciliations and group reporting or consolidation requirements.

•        Develop consistent financial controls, accounting routines and reporting standards.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Cash Flow

•        Support the Finance Director in developing the forecasting framework for P&L and balance sheet, to predict future outcomes more accurately.

•        Build and maintain practical cash flow forecasting models, with both an 8 to 13 week outlook and longer-term cash planning.

•        Analyse profitability, working capital and cash conversion, and identify opportunities to strengthen liquidity.

•        Develop scenario and sensitivity models for investment, growth and operational decisions.

Systems & Process Improvement

•        Play a key role in the evaluation, implementation and integration of financial and business systems.

•        Ensure the systems implemented are effective for a growing business.

•        Simplify, automate and document processes, reducing manual work and disconnected spreadsheets.

Control & Compliance

•        Maintain robust financial controls, balance sheet integrity and accurate accounting records.

•        Support UK accounting, VAT, PAYE, statutory accounts, year-end and audit requirements with external advisers.

•        Maintain fixed asset information and support oversight of ledgers, credit control and bank reconciliations.

•        Identify financial risks and recommend proportionate, practical mitigations.

Business Partnering & Leadership

•        Build effective relationships with directors, managers and finance colleagues.

•        Explain financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders, providing constructive challenge.

•        Promote accountability, commercial understanding and evidence-based decisions.

•        Support and develop finance colleagues, taking increasing ownership of financial management.

Key Requirements

Essential

•        Qualified or close to qualifying accountant (ACCA or CIMA).

•        Strong management accounting experience in a commercially focused environment, ideally an SME.

•        Sound UK accounting knowledge, with experience of balance sheet controls, budgeting and forecasting.

•        Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.

•        A confident communicator who can work self-sufficiently, reporting to a Finance Director who is on site two days a week.

Desirable

•        Experience in an engineering, construction, contracting or project-based business.

•        Project costing, WIP, revenue recognition and contract margin experience.

•        Exposure to systems implementation or transformation.

•        Cash flow forecasting and working capital reporting, with experience of Xero or comparable systems.

If you're looking for a role with real ownership and a clear route to Financial Controller, we'd love to hear from you.

 

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Consultant

Ben Sear

Senior Recruitment Consultant