Management Accountant

Location:

Peterlee Department:
Finance Job Type: Full time Contract Type:
Permanent

We’relooking 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 deliveraccurateandtimelyfinancial 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 playa central rolein 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing, technology-led utilities business where your work will have a real impact. You will be part of a supportive, ambitious Finance team at a pivotal point in the business’ growth, with opportunities to develop your career and shape how the finance function operates.

We offer hybrid working, structured development opportunities, social events, team breakfasts, and a performance-related incentive scheme. You will join a business where innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability drive everything we do and where your contribution helps keep the financial engine running smoothly.

£43,493 £ 52,592 DOE (core business band
5)