Location: Peterlee
Department: Finance
Salary: £43,493? £52,592? DOE (core business band 5)
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent

About the Role

We’re looking for a detail-driven Management Accountant to join our Finance team at an exciting time of growth. You will report directly to the Finance Manager and act as their right-hand person, helping to deliver accurate and timely financial information while ensuring that our month-end close runs like clockwork.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership. Your focus will be on balance sheet discipline, month-end excellence, and reporting accuracy, ensuring all reconciliations, accruals, and prepayments are spot-on and controls are rock-solid. As the business continues to scale and prepare for potential private equity reporting requirements, you will play a central role in keeping our finance function tight, compliant, and ready for the next stage.

You will work closely with a small team of Finance Analysts and AP colleagues, supporting them and ensuring smooth processes across the finance function. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing business, contribute directly to our operational success, and grow your career as the team evolves.

Key Responsibilities

*Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, journals, and variance analysis.
*Own and maintain high-quality balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, deferred income, and other key schedules.
*Drive month-end close to tight deadlines, ensuring accuracy and completeness in all financial reporting.
*Act as a key partner to the Finance Manager, providing insight, highlighting risks, and supporting decision-making.
*Strengthen and maintain financial controls across core accounting processes.
*Ensure all reporting complies with UK GAAP and internal policies.
*Support the external audit process by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and responding to queries.
*Identify process improvements and contribute to system and reporting enhancements, particularly within Sage Intacct.
*Provide operational teams with clear ,accurate financial information and resolve queries promptly.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

*Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA with 3+ years’ experience. We may consider someone nearly qualified with a very strong background.
*Proven experience in management accounting, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliation.
*Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and internal control frameworks.
*Excellent analytical and financial reporting skills, with confident Excel capability.
*Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across functions.
*Highly organised, structured, and capable of managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

Desirable:

*Experience in a control-focused or private equity-backed business.
*Sage Intacct or similar modern cloud accounting system experience.
*Exposure to fast-growing businesses, service operations, or recurring revenue models.

What We’re Looking For

*Someone who thrives on accuracy and control, ensuring the numbers are correct first time, every time.
*A calm, reliable operator who performs under tight month-end deadlines.
*A right-hand person to the Finance Manager who can provide insight, support, and challenge when needed.
*A proactive problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
*A collaborative team player who enjoys supporting colleagues while owning their own processes.
*Someone excited to join a business on a growth trajectory, contributing to the evolution of our finance function and helping us stay control-ready for the future.
Benefits:

*Salary Reviews: Benefit from annual salary reviews.
*Pension: Enjoy a secure financial future with up to 7% employer pension contribution.
*Career Development: Continuous support, personalised development, and top-notch training to fuel your professional journey.
*Bonuses: Opportunity to earn extra with quarterly awards and annual bonuses.
*Recognition: An amazing reward and recognition system that allows you to redeem gift cards for being recognised.
*Annual Leave: Recharge with a generous annual leave of 25 days plus bank holidays.
*Buy or Sell Holidays: Flexibility to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
*Celebration Day: Enjoy an extra day of annual leave to celebrate a day that is special to you.
*Life Insurance: Enjoy comprehensive life insurance covering you up to 3x your salary.
*Enhanced Parental Leave: Benefit from up to 26 weeks of paid maternity leave or 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.
*Health & Wellbeing: Access well-being perks, including a health care cash plan allowing you to claim up to £70 cashback for dental, optical & physio.
*Office Facilities: Take advantage of our free onsite gym, 20% café discount, pool table, ping pong table, and arcade machine.
*Hybrid Working: Embrace the flexibility of working at home 3 days per week once you’ve conquered the probationary period.
*Free Breakfast: Enjoy fruit, breakfast, tea, and coffee served daily, as well as our monthly breakfast buffet.
*Social Events: Look forward to a vibrant social calendar, including summer & Christmas parties, as well as regular team social events.
*Friday Drinks: Wind down on Fridays with afternoon drinks, a perfect segue into the weekend.
*Free Parking: Simple, convenient.
*Electric Car Scheme: Dive into the future with our electric car scheme—because we’re driving towards sustainability.
*Cycle to Work Scheme: Utilise our salary sacrifice scheme to promote health, save money and reduce emissions in your daily commute.

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