Head of Management Accounts

Our Client:
We are delighted to be working with a highly respected not-for-profit organisation renowned for its exceptional staff retention, supportive culture, and mission-led work. With a 34-hour work week and sector-leading benefits, they offer a rare combination of professional challenge and work-life balance.

The Role:
As Head of Management Accounts, you will lead a small talented finance team responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and insightful management accounts. Sitting on the senior finance team, you’ll play a strategic role in shaping financial processes and reporting across a complex organisation.

Main Duties:

• Lead the management accounting function across circa 20 subsidiaries
• Deliver monthly management accounts, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts
• Analyse and reconcile high-volume data (including over 2,000 bank accounts)
• Improve financial reporting systems and compliance
• Play a key role in audits and ensure technical compliance
• Collaborate with internal departments and external banking partners and providers
• Work closely with the Director of Finance and support technical projects
• Deputise for senior finance leadership as needed
• Drive improvements in forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes and support the development of a finance business partnering approach

The Successful Candidate:

• Excellent background in management accounting in large or complex organisations
• Experience consolidating multiple subsidiaries and handling large data sets
• Exceptional Excel and spreadsheet skills
• Able to start within 1 month
• Highly collaborative with strong communication skills
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Desirable Experience (not essential):

• Experience in not-for-profit, trade unions, or membership organisations
• Previous experience managing finance staff
• Familiarity with Microsoft NAV / Business Central

What’s on offer?

• Salary: circa £85,000
• 36 days annual leave
• Defined benefit pension scheme
• 34-hour work week
• Fantastic, long-standing leadership and collaborative team environment

Next Steps:
If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have the required experience, especially in complex consolidation and reconciliations, please send your most up-to-date CV by Thursday 10th July midday.

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