About the role

Management Accountant driving financial decision-making for growing UK business through insights and analytical support. Collaborating with teams to enhance profitability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

This role supports a growing UK business by bringing clear thinking, good judgement, and commercial insight to financial decision-making.
As Management Accountant, you will own the delivery of accurate, timely management accounts and provide practical analysis that helps leaders understand performance and make better decisions.
You will work closely with teams across the organisation, offering insight that drives profitability, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
The role has real visibility and influence, with your work shaping business outcomes.
Key responsibilities include producing monthly management accounts, analysing utilisation and margins, managing project P&Ls, forecasting, and partnering with practice leads to support commercial decisions.
You will also contribute to headcount planning and improvements to reporting processes.

Ownership of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and insight
Utilisation, recovery rate, and margin reporting across the business
Project P&Ls and variance analysis, highlighting drivers of performance
Forecasting and reforecasting, supporting short- and medium-term planning
Business partnering with practice leads to support commercial decision-making
Headcount cost modelling and support for growth planning
In your first 3–6 months, success might look like: Management accounts delivered confidently and on time, with clear commentary
Stakeholders using your insight to make better commercial decisions
Strong relationships built with practice leads and leadership
Greater clarity around margins, utilisation, and cost drivers
Early improvements to reporting or forecasting processes as the business evolves

Proven management accounting experience, including hands-on ownership of monthly management accounts, P&L, balance sheet understanding and variance analysis
Strong commercial judgement - able to explain numbers clearly, focus on what matters and translate data into insight for non-finance stakeholders
Experience working in a growing or changing environment where processes are evolving rather than fixed
An ownership mindset - you take responsibility for accuracy, deadlines and outcomes
A collaborative, down-to-earth working style, building trust across the business
Solid Excel skills and confidence working with accounting systems (e.g. Xero, QBO) and data sets
Professional services and global business experience
Nice to have: Experience in a scale-up or PE/VC-backed environment
Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, or longer-term planning
Experience improving or building reporting processes
Interest in automation, BI tools, or dashboards
Curiosity about how the wider business operates beyond finance
This role might not be the right fit if you’re looking for: A narrow, transactional accounting role with limited stakeholder interaction
Highly rigid processes where there’s no opportunity to influence or improve ways of working
A purely technical role without commercial context