Qualified Management Accountant

Description:

Qualified Management Accountant Location: Stowmarket, Suffolk
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Take Ownership. Drive Performance. Lead Change. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Management Accountant to join a well-established and growing business in Stowmarket. This is a broad and commercially focused role where you'll take ownership of the management accounts process, provide meaningful financial insight to senior stakeholders, and play a key role in driving business performance.

You'll be responsible for leading month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities, managing a small team, and partnering with operational leaders to ensure robust financial control and informed decision-making.

The Role Reporting into senior finance leadership, you will:

Own the month-end management accounting process for designated business areas.
Deliver accurate and timely management accounts, financial analysis and reporting.
Analyse revenue, costs and margins, identifying trends and explaining variances against budget and forecast.
Produce detailed monthly reporting packs and present findings to senior stakeholders.
Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, supporting strategic business planning.
Maintain strong financial controls, ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
Support audit requirements and regulatory reporting obligations.
Review and approve key financial transactions and expenditure.
Manage, mentor and develop junior finance team members.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance reporting, controls and efficiency.About You To be successful in this role you will have:

ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification (or equivalent).
Strong management accounting experience within a commercial environment.
Proven experience producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
Experience analysing large volumes of financial data and turning insights into actionable recommendations.
A solid understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and audit processes.
Previous experience managing or supervising finance team members.
Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling and data analysis.
The confidence to challenge, influence and build relationships with stakeholders across the business.
Excellent attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.What's on Offer?
Competitive salary
Annual salary review
Employer pension contributions of up to 10%
33 days holiday including bank holidays
Option to purchase additional annual leave
Enhanced family-friendly benefits
Hybrid working arrangements
Ongoing professional development and career progression
Supportive and collaborative working environmentApply Now This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to step into a highly visible role with genuine scope to influence business performance, develop a team, and progress their career within a successful and forward-thinking organisation