Management Accountant
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Permanent
Hybrid Working - 3 days office based, 2 Days working from home - 8:30- 4:30pm
Are you a commercially-minded management accountant looking to step into a role where your insight genuinely shapes business decisions?
We're partnering with a high-growth, ambitious SME entering an exciting new phase. With strong momentum, increasing complexity, and a leadership team that values data-driven decision-making, the finance function is evolving into a true commercial partner to the business.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business where your work will go beyond reporting, you'll play a key role in understanding performance, influencing strategy, and supporting sustainable growth.
Why This Role?
This is not a "numbers only" management accountant role.
You'll take full ownership of the management accounts process, while working closely with senior stakeholders across the business to provide insight, challenge thinking, and drive performance.
There's real opportunity to:
- Build your commercial exposure
- Develop your influence with non-finance stakeholders
- Help shape reporting, forecasting, and decision-making processes as the business scales
What You'll Be Doing
You'll play a central role in delivering high-quality financial reporting and insight, including:
- Owning the monthly management accounts process (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Delivering clear, commercially focused commentary on business performance
- Leading the month-end close, including accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
- Supporting budgeting and reforecasting cycles
- Partnering with stakeholders across commercial, marketing and operations teams
- Providing financial analysis on profitability, margins and cost drivers
- Developing KPI reporting and dashboards to improve visibility
- Supporting continuous improvement of controls, processes and reporting
This is a highly visible role where your ability to turn data into insight will be critical.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical skills with commercial curiosity and the confidence to engage stakeholders.
You'll likely have:
- Part-qualified or qualified (ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience owning management accounts and month-end processes
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with data
- Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
- A commercially curious mindset, you want to understand what drives the numbers
- The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
- A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to work at pace
Desirable:
- Experience in a high-growth, SME or consumer-focused business
- Exposure to forecasting models, KPIs or BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
- Experience working in a fast-changing or investor-backed environment
What You'll Get
- A role with real ownership and visibility across the business
- The opportunity to influence decision-making, not just report on it
- Exposure to a scaling, high-growth business environment
- A collaborative and commercially focused leadership team
- Strong development opportunities as the finance function evolves
- Hybrid working with a Birmingham HQ base
Who This Is Perfect For
Someone who:
- Wants to move beyond reporting into true business partnering
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Is confident, curious, and comfortable challenging the status quo
- Is looking to grow with a business and make a tangible impact
Apply Now
If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical accounting with commercial influence-and be part of a business on an exciting growth journey-we'd love to hear from you.
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