Management Accountant
14 hours ago
Leeds
Title: Management Accountant Type: 3-month FTC 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 Management Accountant to join their 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