Management Accountant - Hybrid

Management Accountant
Dorchester | Competitive Salary & Benefits

Sheridan Maine is partnering with an innovative and growing business based in Dorchester to recruit an experienced Management Accountant to join their expanding finance team.
 
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Management Accountant to take ownership of key financial processes, provide valuable commercial insight, and support business decision-making within a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation.
Working closely with senior finance stakeholders and wider business teams, you will play a key role in delivering accurate management reporting, driving financial performance analysis, and ensuring the smooth delivery of month-end and reporting activities.
 
The Role
This varied and rewarding position will see you responsible for a range of management accounting activities, including:

• Leading the month-end close process, including preparation of journals, accruals, prepayments and financial adjustments
• Producing monthly management accounts, reporting packs and key performance indicators
• Preparing insightful management information and supporting board-level reporting
• Analysing financial performance, identifying trends, and providing commentary on key variances
• Reviewing departmental budgets, forecasts and expenditure to support effective financial control
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities
• Providing meaningful analysis to help drive business performance and decision-making
• Delivering ad hoc reporting and commercial analysis to support wider business initiatives
• Working collaboratively across the finance function to improve processes and enhance reporting capabilities

 
About You
We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant who can demonstrate:

• Qualified or newly qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA (or equivalent relevant experience)
• Proven experience within a management accounting environment
• Strong understanding of month-end processes, financial reporting and analysis
• Excellent Excel skills and confidence working with complex financial data
• Strong analytical ability with the confidence to interpret and communicate financial information
• Excellent attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• The ability to work independently, manage priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business

 
What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary reflective of experience and qualification
• Excellent benefits package
• Opportunity to join a growing and forward-thinking business
• A varied role with exposure to commercial finance and business partnering
• Supportive and collaborative finance team environment
• Opportunities for continued professional growth and development
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements

 
To find out more about this opportunity, please apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion.
 
You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.