£42K/yr
City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Permanent, Variable

Management Accountant

Posted by Marston Holdings Ltd.

Management Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join our finance team full-time.

This role involves overseeing the day-to-day financial management of Enforcement businesses within the Group. Responsibilities include business partnering for operational delivery functions, handling core financial processes like monthly reporting and forecasting for operational Profit & Loss. The role will also provide transactional finance review of the finance function in Scotland and pick up regular, reactive ad-hoc work from Finance Business Partner & Head of Finance based on requirements, involvement in the Group tasks, and maintaining the control environment.

Interested in joining our team?

Duties Include:

  • Provide support to Operational P&L managers
  • Support operational delivery, planning alongside key operational stakeholders
  • Support operational colleagues and other stakeholders to improve financial acumen and awareness
  • Support a robust review process of financial and commercial information across the Group
  • Support the Group in risk assessment processes and maintaining a risk management culture throughout the organisation
  • Assist the development of BI to provide insight ensuring control, profitable growth and effective decision-making
  • Assist the creation of the Group's long term financial plans
  • Work closely with the Finance Business Partner to ensure the delivery of information that will ensure the ongoing management of the current and future health of the sector including income, expenditure and long-term planning
  • Support the consolidation of budgets and short-term forecasts to meet the needs of the business
  • Review transactional finance data, like client remittance, purchase and sales ledger entries for accuracy before distribution and processing
  • Assist the maintenance of a rolling risks and ops log
  • Deliver to reporting times, maintain the accuracy of all journals and final GL balances
  • Complete timely and accurate monthly management accounts and reports for operational management
  • Support internal stakeholders, specifically across Finance to ensure timely, insightful and accurate monthly management information to agreed timelines

The ideal candidate will be part qualified or qualified in ACCA/CIMA/ACA. You will have experience of financial reporting and forecasting in a multi-site organisation and an understanding of financial systems and using technology to meet reporting timelines and standards.

Benefits we offer:

  • 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Insurance
  • Health care cash plan
  • Staff benefits designed to suit your lifestyle, from discounts on high street and online shopping to travel, socialising and wellbeing.
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Package NB subject to eligibility criteria.

Marston Holdings Limited is a parent company formed of eight brand entities that each specialise in key areas of our overarching business. In a nutshell, we are the UK's largest judicial services company and pioneers in clean air technology, offering services that support local and central government, utilities, and private sectors through the delivery of market leading integrated technology-enabled solutions from design and implementation to management and recovery.

New starters will be subject to clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and a County Court Judgment check. In addition, the post holder is expected to keep the Company updated if their personal circumstances change.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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