Management Accountant

Join our Finance team as a Management Accountant and play a key role in driving financial insight and performance. In this role, you'll deliver accurate and timely financial information to help support informed business decisions.

Working closely with the wider Finance team and operational stakeholders, you'll play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, cost control and performance reporting. You'll help maintain financial integrity while supporting operational teams and contributing to improvements in profitability and efficiency across the organisation.

This role would suit someone with cost accounting knowledge who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, takes initiative, and looks for ways to improve processes. It's a great opportunity to further develop your career within a supportive Finance business partnering team.

The role will be based in our Manchester office with a hybrid approach, combining office and home working.

What you will do

• Prepare monthly management accounts with supporting schedules

• Deliver accurate financial reports within agreed deadlines

• Prepare and post prepayments, accruals and journals, investigating and resolving any anomalies

• Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts

• Provide variance review against budget and forecast, with clear and meaningful commentary

• Provide accurate financial data and insight to support the reporting process

• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts

• Assist with internal and external audits

• Support month-end and year-end closing processes

• Identify and implement improvements to financial processes

What we're looking for

• Currently studying towards a professional qualification (AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

• Motivated to develop a long-term career in Finance

• Experience in cost accounting or a similar finance role is desirable

• Advanced user of MS Excel

• Strong attention to detail

• Naturally inquisitive with a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work on your own initiative

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Good working knowledge of financial accounting systems is desirable

• Able to work confidently in a fast-paced commercial environment, managing deadlines and priorities

• Resilient, proactive and able to juggle multiple tasks effectively

What we offer: At Intrum we offer not only a challenging and rewarding career but also:

• Lifestyle: A competitive salary and attractive benefits package including 33 days holidays including bank holidays upon commencement, with the ability to buy more or sell back. You can participate in gadget schemes and give as you earn charity donation schemes. Interactive subsides events. Contributory workplace pension scheme. Additionally, you'll get an extra day to celebrate your birthday.

• Opportunities to grow: You'll receive training and coaching for your personal development/progression, and employee recognition programmes to help you grow in your career.

• Health: You'll have access to private medical insurance, life assurance, and more.

• Wellbeing: You'll enjoy discounts on gym memberships, cycle to work schemes, and a 24/7 employee assistance programme. You'll also have sociable working hours and breakfast snacks provided in the office.

• Supportive, open, and value-driven culture: Ethics. Dedication. Solutions. Empathy. Our values aren't just words hanging in the reception. They guide us all daily. It's what makes our culture inclusively open, inspiringly supportive and rich in diverse perspectives. It's why Intrum is a natural home for people ready to make a difference. And it's why people like you recognise this is the place to do just that.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this position and believe you have the right experience, please send your English CV via the "apply button". Are you curious and have some questions? You're welcome to contact "our recruitment team for more information.

Intrum we strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

About Intrum:

Enabling financial health for people, businesses, and society.

Intrum is Europe's leading credit management services provider, helping businesses secure payments while supporting consumers in regaining financial stability across 20 European countries.

With 9,000 dedicated employees, we work every day to create sustainable financial solutions.

At Intrum we consider everybody to be a leader. We lead ourselves when collaborate to meet the needs of our clients and customers. We are all accountable to our actions as well as trust and care for each other. This makes us all leaders, independent of role or responsibility, and this is reflected in our 3 leadership principles: Deliver Impact, Inspire Trust and Embrace Growth.

We are an equal opportunities employer and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We will conduct credit, fraud, criminal record, right to work and reference checks as part of our pre-employment screening. You should not be bankrupt, have any outstanding county court judgments on your credit file. You must not have excessive default balances and any outstanding debt will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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