Management Accountant – Basildon – £50,000 – £55,000 + Benefits DOE | Hybrid Working
Are you a finance professional with a knack for both numbers and narrative — someone who enjoys digging into the detail but also translating it into meaningful business insight?
Our client is an established and growing business, looking for a capable and versatile Management Accountant to join its finance team. In this newly developed role, you’ll become a key player in delivering financial oversight, key decision support information and play a key role in supposrting non finance leaders across the businesses UK operations.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be responsible for a broad range of financial activities, from monthly reporting to supporting commercial decisions. Working closely with site management and reporting into the senior finance lead, your responsibilities will include:
- Producing monthly management accounts, financial reporting, balance sheet reviews, and commentary
- Managing day-to-day cash flow forecasts and supplier payment runs
- Running monthly payroll
- Tracking operational performance including product costing, margin analysis, and cost centre reporting
- Maintaining financial records and posting journals to ensure accurate data across the ledger
- Preparing tax submissions, including VAT reconciliations
- Driving the forecasting & budgeting processes
- Coordinating with auditors and contributing to the year-end financial close process
- Acting as a finance liaison to non-financial teams, offering data-led insight and practical recommendations
- Supporting internal improvement projects and helping to optimise financial systems and processes
Who You Are
We’re looking for someone curious, confident, and collaborative — a professional who enjoys taking ownership while also working across teams.
You will likely have:
- A professional accounting qualification (or be working towards one), such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA
- A solid grounding in financial operations, including month-end close, reconciliations, and reporting
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and experience with accounting systems or ERP platforms
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
- A proactive and improvement-oriented mindset — keen to streamline and evolve processes
- Experience in a product-based business such as manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain is helpful but not essential
- Comfortable collaborating remotely with wider teams and stakeholders
Why This Role?
- Join a high-performing, growth-focused business at a genuinely exciting time
- Enjoy a role with wide scope, autonomy, and the ability to influence operational performance
- Be part of a close-knit finance team with exposure to broader commercial functions
- Flexible working arrangements with a mix of office-based and remote collaboration
- Competitive salary, benefits package, and long-term development opportunities
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