Management Accountant
Job description
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Management Accountant
Cambridge | Hybrid working
Permanent
A commercial organisation is seeking a Management Accountant to join its finance team during an exciting period of development and expansion.
This is an opportunity to step into a broad, hands-on role within a dynamic and evolving business, offering strong exposure across finance and close interaction with senior stakeholders.
The Role
You will play a key role in supporting the financial management of the business, contributing to reporting, planning, and process development as the organisation scales. The role offers a high degree of ownership and variety, ideal for someone who enjoys working in an agile, commercially focused environment.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of monthly management accounts
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Balance-sheet reconciliations and month-end support
- Financial reporting for internal stakeholders
- Audit, compliance and external reporting
- Ongoing improvement of finance processes and controls
Candidate Profile
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified or part-qualified
- Experience in management or financial accounting
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, changeable environment
- Able to work collaboratively while managing responsibilities independently
What’s on Offer
- Hybrid working and flexible hours
- Competitive salary and bonus potential
- Pension and additional benefits
- Opportunity to grow with the business and broaden your role over time
Interested?
Apply now for a confidential discussion. All enquiries will be handled discreetly.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your management accounting experience: 'Prepared monthly accounts for £2.5M turnover business, delivering reports 3 days ahead of deadline'
🌐 Emphasise your experience in fast-moving, commercial environments as they specifically mention this requirement
🎯 Showcase your process improvement achievements as they're looking for someone to develop finance processes during expansion
🤝 Demonstrate your stakeholder management skills as the role involves close interaction with senior leadership
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- •Prepared monthly management accounts for £3.2M turnover business, delivering P&L and balance sheet analysis 2 days ahead of deadline
- •Led annual budgeting process across 4 departments, achieving 95% accuracy in variance forecasting through enhanced analytical models
- •Implemented automated balance sheet reconciliation process, reducing month-end close time from 8 to 5 working days
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Heap & Co's Management Accountant position perfectly aligns with my ACA qualification and commercial accounting experience. Your emphasis on process development during expansion particularly appeals to me, as I have successfully implemented month-end improvements that reduced closing time by 40% in my current role.
My background in management accounting includes preparing monthly accounts for multi-million pound operations, leading budgeting cycles, and delivering variance analysis to senior stakeholders. I thrive in fast-moving environments where analytical skills and attention to detail are crucial.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your month-end process and how you ensure accuracy in management accounts
- ›How do you approach variance analysis when actual results differ significantly from budget?
- ›Describe your experience with balance sheet reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
- ›What finance systems have you used for budgeting and forecasting?
- ›How would you improve financial reporting processes in a growing business?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to work independently on a complex financial project
- ›Describe a situation where you had to adapt quickly to changing business requirements
- ›Give an example of how you've collaborated with non-finance stakeholders
- ›Tell me about a time you identified and implemented a process improvement
- ›Describe a challenging month-end close and how you managed it
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to work independently on a complex financial project
Describe a situation where you had to adapt quickly to changing business requirements