Management Accountant; FTC

Management Accountant (FTC) Role Overview

9 Months Fixed Term Contract. This role supports our Information Systems (IS) teams and our Learning Academy team. It will play a key role in supporting financial decision-making and prioritisation of spending for our IS and Academy budgets. This role is responsible for preparing, developing, and analysing financial information to ensure management has the insights needed for stability, growth, and profitability and sits within the Finance Business Partnering team, offering opportunities for skill development and cross-team collaboration.

• Preparing accurate and timely monthly management accounts and financial reports, including profit and loss statements and internal reporting submissions.
• Supporting monthly close meetings, providing meaningful analysis, variance reporting, and KPI insights.
• Project tracking and ensuring alignment with budgetary constraints and strategic goals.
• Developing financial models and systems to support decision-making, investment appraisals, and long‑term planning.
• Coordinating budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, challenging spending assumptions, and promoting the Central Finance team.
• Supporting ad‑hoc financial projects, purchase order management, and audit queries.

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA).
• Experience with in the finance department of a commercial organisation.
• Proficiency in accounting software and advanced Excel skills (including financial modelling and reporting).
• Experience in financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Familiarity with Power BI and other financial technologies.

• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and attention to detail in financial analysis and reporting.
• Communicate effectively with both financial and non‑financial colleagues, delivering clear insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate well within teams and build strong relationships across departments.
• Show proactivity, a positive approach to problem‑solving, and the ability to prioritise workload to meet strict deadlines.
• Maintain business acumen, ethical judgment, and a commitment to integrity in financial decision‑making.
• Stay updated with the latest financial technologies and tools to drive efficiency and accuracy.

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The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE
100 and FTSE4

Good multi‑national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits…