Management Accountant
Location
Manchester
Contract Type
Permanent Position
Key Responsibilities
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts for the Oman and Dubai businesses within agreed reporting deadlines.
- Manage month-end activities, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare clear commentary on financial performance, explaining movements in revenue, gross profit, costs and profitability.
- Investigate variances against budgets, forecasts and prior periods, highlighting issues and actions required.
- Reconcile intercompany balances and account for foreign currency transactions.
- Work with operational colleagues to ensure billing, payroll and other financial inputs are complete and accurately reflected in the accounts.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow reporting.
- Monitor working capital, highlighting overdue balances and other areas requiring attention.
- Support year-end reporting, audit requests and local compliance requirements alongside the wider finance team and external advisers.
- Identify practical improvements to reporting, processes and financial controls.
Requirements
- Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA, or recently qualified in one of these or an equivalent accounting qualification.
- Practical experience of producing management accounts, with a clear understanding of the month-end process.
- A strong grounding in accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with accounting systems and financial data.
- Good attention to detail, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve problems.
- The ability to organise your workload and meet deadlines across competing priorities.
- Clear communication skills and confidence working with colleagues outside finance.
Your Approach
- Driven: You want to develop, take on responsibility and progress in your accounting career.
- A self-starter: You take action, ask focused questions and move work forward without needing constant direction.
- Accountable: You take ownership of the quality and timeliness of your work and follow issues through to resolution.
- Curious: You want to understand what drives performance and can look beyond the figures.
- Proactive: You spot potential problems early and bring practical suggestions.
- Collaborative: You work independently while knowing when to seek input or raise an issue.
Desirable
- Experience in recruitment, staffing or another service-based business.
- Exposure to multiple entities, international operations or foreign currencies.
- Experience in using Dynamics 365 Business Central.
- Experience supporting budgets, forecasts or financial analysis.
- Previous responsibility for Middle Eastern entities is helpful, but is not essential.
Benefits
- Take ownership of management accounts for two international businesses.
- Build on your existing experience in a role with broader responsibility.
- Develop your commercial understanding through close contact with operational colleagues.
- Make a visible contribution through useful reporting and process improvements.
- Gain experience that supports your progression towards wider finance responsibilities.