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Hays

Management Accountant - Full Time or Part Time

Newcastle-under-Lyme On-site 5-10 yrs exp Staffing and Recruiting 31,884 employees
Management AccountingFinancial ReportingBudgetingForecastingBalance Sheet Management

Requirements

Applicants should be qualified, part-qualified, or qualified by experience, with strong management accounting experience across reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and balance sheet management. They need strong analytical and communication skills, commercial judgment, organisation, advanced Excel skills, and experience with accounting or ERP systems.

Job Description

Your new company
Hays are working exclusively in partnership with a growing organisation to recruit for an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant, on either a full-time (37.5 hours) or part-time (30 hours) basis. This role plays a key part in delivering accurate financial reporting, supporting business planning activities and providing financial insight to help drive commercial and operational decision-making.


Your new role

  • Produce monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
  • Manage month-end close activities, including journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and intercompany accounting.
  • Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies where required.
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting process, working closely with stakeholders across the business.
  • Analyse financial performance against budget, forecast and prior periods, providing meaningful commentary and recommendations.
  • Partner with operational and departmental managers to improve financial understanding and performance.
  • Assist with year-end activities, audits and statutory reporting requirements.
  • Maintain robust financial controls and support continuous improvements to finance processes and reporting.
  • Deliver ad hoc financial analysis, modelling and project support for senior management.


What you'll need to succeed

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), part-qualified, or qualified by experience.
  • Strong management accounting experience covering reporting, budgeting, forecasting and balance sheet management.
  • Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
  • Commercially minded with the confidence to challenge and influence where appropriate.
  • Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities to deadlines.
  • Advanced Excel skills and experience using accounting or ERP systems.



What you'll get in return

  • £45,000
  • Full time 37.5 hours or part-time 30 hours
  • 25 days holiday+ bank holidays
  • On-site working
  • Great team working environment
  • Benefits package


What you need to do now


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Education

Professional Certificate

Skills

Management AccountingFinancial ReportingBudgetingForecastingBalance Sheet ManagementMonth-End CloseAccount ReconciliationFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModellingCommercial Decision-MakingStakeholder CommunicationFinancial ControlsProcess ImprovementAdvanced ExcelAccounting SystemsERP Systems

About Hays

At Hays, we believe that the right job can transform a person's life - and the right person can transform a business. From career‑defining opportunities to complex workforce strategies, we connect ambition with opportunity - helping people and organisations reimagine what’s possible. Every year we place over 200,000 professionals into new roles. Whether it’s a permanent role or a temporary contract, our specialist consultants provide tailored advice and market intelligence to accelerate careers, from emerging talent to executive leadership. For organisations, our expert teams build recruitment and workforce solutions shaped by real-time market insights, local expertise and the scale of a world leading specialist in white collar hiring. With operations in 30 countries, over 200 offices and 9,500 colleagues worldwide, we fill around 1,000 roles every working day. The future of work isn’t something we’re waiting for.  We’re creating it every day.