Senior Management Accountant
2 days ago
Beckenham
Senior Management Accountant - Beckenham, Kent (Hybrid) - 12 Month Contract (with a view of going permanent) - Up to £65,000 \n \n My client is undergoing an exciting period of transformation following an acquisition by a private equity-backed organisation. As the finance function evolves, we are seeking a technically strong and commercially minded Senior Management Accountant to become a key support to the Finance Director. \n \n This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who enjoys improving processes, bringing structure to complex financial information and taking ownership of important finance projects. You will play a central part in professionalising the finance function, strengthening controls and supporting the business through systems and reporting transformation. \n \n The role \n \n Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you will act as a senior member of the finance team and provide practical support across management accounting, financial control, reporting and transformation initiatives. \n \n Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Preparing and improving management accounts, financial reporting and reconciliations.\n, • Reviewing balance-sheet positions, resolving historical issues and supporting finance clean-up activity.\n, • Strengthening financial controls, processes and governance across the function.\n, • Supporting cash-flow management, working-capital analysis and forecasting.\n, • Building and maintaining robust Excel models for budgets, forecasts and financial planning.\n, • Analysing large and complex data sets, turning findings into clear commercial insight.\n, • Identifying opportunities to automate reporting and improve ways of working, including through Power BI and AI-enabled Excel tools.\n, • Supporting the planned migration from Xero to NetSuite, including reporting alignment, chart-of-accounts development and data preparation.\n, • Assisting with the transition towards IFRS reporting across the wider EMEA organisation, including exposure to lease accounting and revenue recognition.\n, • Supporting audit preparation and responding to reporting requirements in a fast-paced corporate environment.\n, • Working collaboratively with finance colleagues across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, with potential involvement across a wider EMEA portfolio of entities.\n, • Helping lead change sensitively within an established finance team, balancing strong delivery standards with a practical, collaborative approach.\n\n \n About you \n \n You will be a capable, hands-on finance professional who is comfortable moving between detailed accounting work and higher-value improvement projects. You will bring sound technical judgement, strong attention to detail and the confidence to challenge existing processes constructively. \n \n We are looking for: \n\n • A qualified accountant - ideally ACCA or CIMA - with approximately 3 - 5 years’ post-qualified experience.\n, • Strong technical accounting, reconciliation, reporting and financial-controls experience.\n, • Advanced Excel skills, including building financial models, budgets, cash-flow forecasts and planning tools.\n, • Experience using Power BI, reporting automation or other tools to improve finance processes.\n, • The ability to analyse high volumes of data quickly and translate it into actionable information.\n, • Experience supporting finance-system change or ERP implementation; NetSuite experience would be advantageous.\n, • Exposure to IFRS, particularly lease accounting and revenue recognition (IFRS 15 & 16), would be useful.\n, • A practical, sleeves-rolled-up approach and the resilience to work through ambiguity during a period of change.\n, • Strong interpersonal skills, with the confidence to help drive improvements while working patiently with long-standing team members.\n, • Availability to start quickly; candidates on a one-month notice period are likely to be best suited.\n\n Big Four or specialist audit experience is not essential. \n \n What’s on offer \n\n • A high-impact role at the centre of a finance transformation.\n, • Direct exposure to the Finance Director, CEO and wider EMEA finance leadership.\n, • Broad responsibility spanning technical accounting, controls, systems, reporting and commercial modelling.\n, • The opportunity to develop into a long-term role within a growing international group.\n, • Company pension and salary-sacrifice pension arrangements.\n, • Cycle-to-work and other tax-efficient benefit schemes.\n\n \n Senior Management Accountant - Beckenham, Kent (Hybrid) - 12 Month Contract (with a view of going permanent) - Up to £65,000