Senior Management Accountant

The role

The Senior Management Accountant will run day-to-day UK Finance operations. This includes managing reporting, forecasting, commercial analysis, and coordinating the Accounts team.

What you will do

• Own management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and supporting analysis
• Analyse and challenge revenue, gross margin, staffing, pipeline, contract status, unbilled work and profitability
• Act as day-to-day point of contact and first review layer for the Accounts team
• Coordinate and review month-end, year-end, audit, routine tax and other recurring Finance processes
• Oversee cash flow, working capital, customer invoicing, aged debtors, supplier payments, payment runs and routine banking matters
• Own and improve key Finance systems and reporting tools
• Identify and drive opportunities to improve Finance processes, controls and ways of working
• Take routine Finance matters through to resolution
• Take on additional Finance responsibilities and projects as needs evolve

Required qualifications

• Part-qualified or qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent practical experience
• Around 3 to 4 years’ relevant experience in accounting, audit, FP&A, commercial Finance or a similar area
• Strong accounting fundamentals
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills
• Proactive and comfortable being given an objective rather than a checklist
• Analytical and commercially curious
• Comfortable getting into the detail and solving problems
• Able to work at pace, manage competing priorities and reprioritise quickly
• A clear communicator comfortable working with junior colleagues and senior stakeholders
• Comfortable learning new systems and interested in using automation, AI and technology-enabled Finance

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating or reviewing the work of a small team

Benefits

• Broad exposure across accounting, FP&A, commercial Finance, forecasting, cash management, systems, process improvement and business partnering
• Close working with the Head of Finance and senior management
• Significant responsibility and visibility from an early stage
• Increasing ownership as you demonstrate your capability
• The opportunity to build a broad Finance skillset in a relatively short period of time

About the company

Artefact is a global consulting and technology company that helps organisations accelerate data and AI-driven transformation. In the UK, they work with leading clients across industries.