Management Accountant

Role Overview

Eaton Syalon is partnering exclusively with a Derby based business to recruit an experienced Interim Management Accountant to join its finance team on a 12-month fixed term contract.

This is a hands-on, varied role supporting the full month-end cycle, management reporting, forecasting, budgeting, cost centre analysis, capex reporting and year-end activities.

The role would suit a qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience accountant with strong end-to-end management accounting experience, excellent communication skills and the ability to quickly build relationships with operational and finance stakeholders.

This is a site-based role offering flexible working hours and the opportunity to work in a relaxed, friendly and supportive culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely delivery.
• Managing key elements of the month-end close process, including journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations.
• Producing month-end reporting packs with clear commentary on performance.
• Completing variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods.
• Investigating key movements and providing meaningful insight to stakeholders.
• Preparing and maintaining cashflow forecasts.
• Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Reviewing overhead cost centres and providing analysis of spend, trends and variances.
• Business partnering with cost centre managers to support financial understanding and cost control.
• Supporting capex reporting, including tracking spend against approved projects and budgets.
• Assisting with the preparation of statutory accounts and year-end schedules.
• Supporting analysis required for corporation tax submissions.
• Maintaining and improving balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting and financial visibility.
• Working closely with the wider finance team to ensure deadlines are achieved.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be a confident and proactive management accountant who can quickly understand the business, take ownership of month-end responsibilities and provide reliable support across the finance function.

You will be comfortable working in a site-based environment and engaging with both finance and non-finance colleagues. Strong communication skills, accuracy and the ability to hit the ground running will be essential.

Skills and Experience Required

• Qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience accountant.
• Strong end-to-end management accounting experience.
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts.
• Solid understanding of month-end processes, journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and cashflow forecasting.
• Ability to review and analyse overhead cost centres.
• Confident business partnering with cost centre managers and operational stakeholders.
• Experience with capex reporting and analysis.
• Exposure to statutory accounts preparation and year-end reporting.
• Ability to support corporation tax analysis and schedules.
• Strong Excel skills and good systems capability.
• High attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with the confidence to take ownership.

Personal Attributes

• Strong communicator who can explain financial information clearly.
• Proactive and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Commercially aware with strong analytical skills.
• Organised, accurate and deadline-focused.
• Able to build effective relationships across the business.
• Comfortable challenging numbers and asking questions.
• Flexible, adaptable and willing to support the wider team.
• Able to quickly add value in an interim capacity.