Management Accountant

Location: Beaconsfield
Salary: £50,000–£55,000 + car allowance
Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm (4.30pm finish Fridays)
Working pattern: Office based

We’re looking for an ACA-qualified Management Accountant to join a well-established business in South Buckinghamshire.

Working as part of a small finance team, this is a varied and hands-on role covering management accounts, statutory reporting, cashflow, budgeting and wider financial analysis. It would suit someone with previous management accounts experience or an ACA-qualified accountant looking to make their first move from practice into a commercial, in-house environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Management Accountant:

• Prepare monthly management accounts from trial balance, including accruals, prepayments, WIP, loan accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and other month-end adjustments.
• Produce P&L, balance sheet and cashflow reporting, together with detailed variance analysis across margins, overheads and other key financial areas.
• Prepare statutory accounts, corporation tax information and regulatory returns, liaising with auditors and external advisers where required.
• Prepare short-term cashflow forecasts, annual budgets and financial information to support wider business planning and funding requirements.
• Review financial provisions, reserves, cashbooks and accounts across a number of entities within the wider business.
• Work closely with purchase ledger and accounts payable colleagues on supplier accounts, payments, queries and reconciliations.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to senior management, support cost-efficiency initiatives and assist with ad hoc finance and wider business projects.

Key Requirements of the Management Accountant:

• ACA qualified, with previous management accounts experience.
• Candidates currently working within accountancy practice and looking to make their first move into industry will be considered.
• Strong knowledge of management accounts, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate financial information and explain findings clearly.
• Good Excel skills and experience using accounting or ERP systems.
• Well organised, commercially aware and confident communicating with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Must be happy working five days per week from the office and live within a reasonable commuting distance of South Buckinghamshire.

This is a permanent opportunity to join an established business in a broad finance position with exposure across management reporting, statutory accounts, cashflow, budgeting and commercial financial analysis.