Management Accountant

Management Accountant - Full Time, Permanent (Office-Based)

Location: IpswichHours: Monday-Friday, full timeContract: Permanent, office-based

We are seeking a proactive and detail-driven Management Accountant to join our busy finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced environment and enjoys adding value through accurate reporting, process improvement, and strong commercial insight.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Analyse construction contracts and build data for standard vs actual performance across bespoke projects, retaining walls and flooring products.
• Assist in the timely production of monthly management accounts in line with group accounting policies.
• Prepare month-end journals, sales analysis and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Complete group quarter-end schedules for review by the Financial Controller.
• Support cashflow reporting and weekly EOM sheet reviews to ensure accurate forecasting.

Ledger & Transactional Management

• Oversee Sales and Purchase Ledger transactions, statements and query resolution.
• Identify and report any material financial risks.
• Capture CIS transactions and prepare the associated monthly returns.

Credit Control & Contract Support

• Work closely with the PF Credit Controller and QS team to ensure construction contracts comply with Credit Insurance policy requirements.
• Support Credit Control in managing general sales under credit insurance.

Operational & Project Support

• Manage bill of materials on standard products, enabling deeper standard vs actual cost analysis.
• Assist with group statutory audits and the annual budgeting process.
• Continually review and improve existing processes, utilising Epicor and recommending opportunities for system development.
• Support with ad-hoc tasks as required by the Financial Controller or Group Finance Director.

About You

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Confident working with large volumes of data and multiple stakeholders.
• Proactive, commercially minded and comfortable suggesting improvements.