Management Accountant

Michael Page
Reading, Berkshire

What You'll Be Doing Initially

  • Produce monthly management accounts for the group and overseas entities, including all month‑end journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
  • Support the Finance Manager with commentary on financial performance and variance analysis
  • Review internal finance processes with the Finance Manager and CFO, recommending technology‑enabled improvements
  • Assist with preparation of monthly board packs and investor reporting
  • Prepare quarterly VAT returns
  • Oversee sales ledger processing and produce monthly credit management reporting, including debt‑chasing where required
  • Manage loan accounting calculations and banking transactions
  • Support the Finance Manager through the annual group audit
  • Maintain accurate bookkeeping to trial balance within Xero, ensuring data is complete and aligned to the month‑end timetable
  • Supervise the Accounts Assistant
  • Support the Finance Manager and HR team with the monthly payroll cycle, including year‑end activities (P60s, P11Ds, etc.)

How Your Role Will Grow Over Time

  • Prepare and deliver tailored monthly financial reporting for the C‑suite and departmental leaders
  • Provide analysis and insight to support decision‑making across the senior leadership team
  • Contribute to strengthening financial controls and reporting processes across overseas subsidiaries
  • Work with the CFO to enhance group forecasting models, including long‑term planning, annual budgeting and rolling forecasts
  • Develop specialist skills as the finance team's Power BI lead
  • Collaborate with the PMO to analyse project performance and margins using new project‑tracking tools
  • Partner with commercial and marketing leaders to evaluate marketing ROI, sales pipeline performance and their impact on forecasts
  • Work with technical leadership to understand engineering resource allocation and help build business cases for R&D investment
Posted 2026-03-25

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