Management Accountant

Management Accountant - Fast-Growing Manufacturing SME

Are you an ambitious, commercially minded Management Accountant looking for your next big step? We're partnering with a rapidly expanding manufacturing business that's investing heavily in its future - and they're searching for a talented finance professional to play a pivotal role in shaping that journey.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a progressive organisation where you'll have genuine ownership, visibility, and impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working closely with senior stakeholders, this role offers both challenge and reward in equal measure.

The Role

As Management Accountant, you'll take responsibility for the day-to-day financial operations while driving meaningful insight to support strategic decision-making. You'll lead a small, capable finance team and work collaboratively across the business to support future growth.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Partnering with the Managing Director on financial strategy and long-term planning
• Leading and developing a busy finance team, ensuring high performance and continual improvement
• Producing monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet, margin analysis and commentary
• Managing cashflow forecasting and supporting wider cash management activity
• Costing, stock analysis and oversight of regular stock takes
• Leading annual budgets and rolling forecasts
• Reviewing and explaining variances across overheads and gross margins
• Preparing monthly journals and reconciling balance sheet accounts
• Ensuring ongoing audit readiness and supporting year-end processes
• Overseeing payroll, VAT returns and liaising with external service providers
• Acting as a proactive business partner within the senior leadership team

What We're Looking For

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a strong blend of technical expertise, commercial thinking and leadership capability. Essential experience includes:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Proven experience within a manufacturing environment
• Previous line management experience - confident in coaching and developing a team
• Strong grounding in management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial planning
• Experience with stock costing, BOM-style processes and reconciliations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
• Confident communicator who builds strong relationships across the business
• High attention to detail and a drive to improve processes and performance

Why This Role?

• A growing SME where your voice genuinely matters
• Real autonomy and ownership from day one
• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making
• A supportive, collaborative culture with ambitious plans for the future