Management Accountant
Posted Today by Handpicked Recruitment
£55,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Knottingley, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Management Accountant role is a permanent position based in Ferrybridge, UK, offering hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will partner with operational and senior stakeholders to enhance financial decision-making and support business growth within a global manufacturing group. Key responsibilities include managing budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis while contributing to continuous improvement in financial processes. The role requires a commercially focused individual with strong analytical skills and experience in a similar environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with operational and senior stakeholders to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes
- Lead the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely completion of the month-end close process
- Deliver detailed variance analysis, providing clear and actionable insights into financial and operational performance
- Provide financial analysis and commentary to support business decision-making and improve profitability
- Support the development and monitoring of KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities to senior management
- Work closely with operational teams to improve cost control, efficiency, and overall financial performance
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Support balance sheet reviews and ensure integrity of financial data and reporting
- Contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting, and systems
- Provide ad-hoc financial modelling, scenario analysis, and commercial support as required
Key Skills:
- Qualified or part-qualified (finalist) accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- Experience in a Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, or similar commercially focused role
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes
- Proven ability to deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to influence non-finance stakeholders
- Experience working within manufacturing, industrial, or similar environments is advantageous
- Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP systems
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills
- Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
- Proactive and driven individual with a desire to add value and support business growth
Salary (Rate): £55,000 yearly
City: Ferrybridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Title: Management Accountant
Type: Permanent
Location: Ferrybridge, UK (Hybrid working available)
Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 (depending on experience) + bonus & benefits
Our client is a global manufacturing group with operations across Europe, North America, and Asia. With a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and operational excellence, they continue to invest in their finance function to support growth and enhance financial decision-making across the business. They are now seeking a commercially focused Finance Business Partner to join their Harrogate-based finance team, offering hybrid working and excellent career progression opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with operational and senior stakeholders to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes
- Lead the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely completion of the month-end close process
- Deliver detailed variance analysis, providing clear and actionable insights into financial and operational performance
- Provide financial analysis and commentary to support business decision-making and improve profitability
- Support the development and monitoring of KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities to senior management
- Work closely with operational teams to improve cost control, efficiency, and overall financial performance
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Support balance sheet reviews and ensure integrity of financial data and reporting
- Contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting, and systems
- Provide ad-hoc financial modelling, scenario analysis, and commercial support as required
Candidate Requirements:
- Qualified or part-qualified (finalist) accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- Experience in a Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, or similar commercially focused role
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes
- Proven ability to deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to influence non-finance stakeholders
- Experience working within manufacturing, industrial, or similar environments is advantageous
- Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP systems
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills
- Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
- Proactive and driven individual with a desire to add value and support business growth