Senior Management Accountant

The Opportunity

We are working with an established and growing organisation operating within the environmental and infrastructure sector is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join its finance team. This is a broad and commercially focused role, offering ownership of multiple entities while working closely with operational stakeholders across the business.

Reporting into the Financial Controller, you will play a key role in delivering accurate management information, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and driving continuous improvement across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the monthly management accounts process for a portfolio of entities.
• Maintain and review trial balances, ensuring financial accuracy and integrity.
• Prepare and post journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
• Manage intercompany accounting and reconciliations.
• Produce balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Deliver monthly, half-year and year-end financial reporting.
• Analyse financial performance and provide insightful commentary on variances against budget and forecast.
• Support the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts and cash flow projections.
• Partner with operational and regional management teams to provide financial insight and support decision-making.
• Maintain fixed asset registers and monitor capital expenditure.
• Support external audit processes and year-end statutory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance, controls and reporting processes.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development support to a Management Accountant.

About You

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or possess equivalent experience, with a strong grounding in management accounting and financial reporting.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience producing management accounts within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of month-end processes, reconciliations and financial controls.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Ability to analyse financial data and translate findings into meaningful business insight.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge and influence.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong systems aptitude.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior finance team members would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to take ownership of a broad portfolio of entities.
• Exposure to senior operational and finance stakeholders.
• A role that combines technical accounting with genuine business partnering.
• Supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth and progression.
• Involvement in ongoing process improvement and finance transformation initiatives.

This position would suit a proactive and commercially minded accountant who enjoys working in the detail whilst also influencing business performance through strong stakeholder engagement.