Management Accountant – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Offer constructive, professional financial challenge and validate operational assumptions, working closely with delivery teams to understand spend, earned value, resourcing, schedules and constraints to ensure accuracy, realism and early identification of pressures or benefits.
• Maintain strong visibility within the service line’s operational environment, building a detailed understanding of work scope, delivery progress, risks and opportunities.
• Act as an early detector of financial concerns and emerging risks by linking operational activity directly to cost impacts.
• Contribute to standardisation and continuous improvement of processes to enable improved effectiveness and efficiency of the Finance Business Partnering service.
• Ensure that all service line financial activity complies with relevant financial policies, internal control frameworks, delegated authorities and public‑sector governance expectations.
• Maintain continued professional development (CPD) to stay up to date with financial regulations and best practices, ensuring the business benefits from the latest financial expertise and insights.
• Conduct detailed variance analysis across the assigned service line to understand root causes, trends, scope impacts and emerging risks that need escalation.
• Provide clear, actionable commentary that articulates changes in cost, schedule, delivery progress or scope within the service line.

Your Skills & Qualifications

Essential

• Strong communication skills: Able to effectively convey complex financial information to non-financial colleagues at all levels of the organisation, ensuring clarity and understanding.
• Professional accounting qualification: Qualified member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or equivalent degree-level/accounting qualification.
• Analytical expertise: Demonstrated ability to analyse financial data, identify trends, and inform accurate financial forecasting.
• Attention to detail: High level of accuracy and thoroughness. Demonstrates precision in the analysis and interpretation of financial data, ensuring the accuracy of insights and recommendations that inform decision-making.
• IT proficiency: Competent in using the full MS Office suite, particularly Excel for financial analysis and reporting.

Desirable

• Accountancy qualifications: Fully or part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Power BI skills: Experience in using Power BI.

Why us?

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With having 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.

Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:

• You will benefit from an annual bonus of up to 10%, made up of company and personal performance
• An attractive defined contribution pension scheme – the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays. Plus, the ability to purchase an extra 2.5 days per year.
• The ability to carry over 10 days annual leave each financial year
• Paid Sick Leave
• Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lifestyle Benefits sasra.co.uk
• Learning & Development Opportunities [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Learning
• Reward & Recognition Policies
• Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check
• MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts
• MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme
• Many, many more!

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Additional Information

• The closing date for this vacancy is 10th May 2026
• In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd reserves the right to close the advert early. Once closed, the advert will be removed from our website. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
• As part of the application process you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications. Attaching them at application stage will ensure a smooth process and prevent delays.
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