Management Accountant

📍 Widnes | Hybrid
🕒 Full-time | Permanent

About the Role

An established, values‑driven charitable organisation is seeking an experienced Group Management Accountant to play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and usefulness of management accounting across a complex, multi‑site operation.

Reporting into senior finance leadership, this role will lead the management accounts function, producing high‑quality financial information and insight to support operational leaders and enable sound, data‑driven decision‑making. You'll also drive continuous improvement across reporting, controls, and month‑end processes while supporting and developing members of the wider finance team.

Key Responsibilities

Management & Financial Reporting

• Lead the production and review of monthly group management accounts, including income & expenditure, balance sheet, and cashflow reporting.
• Perform robust variance analysis against budget, forecast, trends, and contractual agreements.
• Produce accurate, insightful KPI and performance reporting for operational and finance stakeholders.
• Ensure timely distribution of management information and respond to finance queries from non‑financial leaders.

Operational Finance Support

• Support operational leaders with financial signposting, costings (including new admissions and additional support), and budget management.
• Work closely with Finance Business Partners to apply operational context to financial results.
• Ensure accurate income recognition in collaboration with income and payroll teams.

Controls, Compliance & Risk

• Develop and maintain internal finance control documentation, identifying risks and defining effective controls.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and journal approval processes at month‑end.
• Act as a key point of contact for audit queries relating to income, expenditure, and variances.

Process Improvement & Leadership

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reporting, close processes, and overall efficiency.
• Review, streamline, and improve financial reporting for operational leaders, making information accessible and actionable.
• Coach, mentor, and support management accounting team members to build capability and performance.

About You

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA part qualified or qualified
• Significant experience producing management accounts in a complex organisation (charity or public sector experience desirable but not essential).
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, controls, and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyse large datasets and present clear summaries.
• Proven ability to communicate financial information to non‑finance stakeholders.
• Experience supporting multi‑site or geographically dispersed organisations.
• Exposure to process improvement or finance transformation.
• Experience mentoring or supervising junior finance staff.

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to have a real impact in a purpose‑led organisation.
• High visibility role working closely with senior operational and finance leaders.
• Strong focus on professional development and continuous improvement.
• Chance to shape and enhance group‑level financial reporting.