Management Accountant
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Management Accountant Nottingham | £40,000 – £50,000 per annum | Manufacturing
The Company My client is a well-established manufacturing business based in Nottingham with a strong track record of growth. They are looking to add a Management Accountant to their finance team — a commercially minded individual who can own the monthly reporting cycle and work closely with operational stakeholders.
The Role Reporting to the Finance Manager, this is a broad management accounts role with genuine commercial exposure. You will take full ownership of month-end, produce insightful analysis for the senior leadership team, and act as a trusted finance partner to non-finance colleagues across the business. This is a role for someone who wants to go beyond the numbers and influence decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Full ownership of the monthly management accounts, including P&L and balance sheet
- Production of monthly reporting packs with clear commentary for senior stakeholders
- Variance analysis against budget and forecast, with investigation of key movements
- Ownership of the budgeting and rolling forecast process
- Cash flow reporting and working capital analysis
- KPI reporting and margin analysis by product or site
- Business partnering with operations, commercial, and supply chain teams
- Supporting year-end and audit processes
Skills & Experience Required
- Qualified accountant (CIMA or ACCA) or qualified by experience
- Proven background in management accounts — manufacturing or a similarly complex environment preferred
- Strong communicator, comfortable presenting financial information to non-finance stakeholders
- Advanced Excel skills; confident with ERP systems
- Commercially aware with the ability to challenge and add value beyond reporting
- Well organised with the ability to manage competing deadlines
Benefits
- Salary of £45,000 – £55,000 depending on experience
- Genuine commercial exposure and stakeholder visibility
- Opportunity to develop within a growing manufacturing business
- Collaborative finance team with strong leadership
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⭐ Lead your CV Personal Statement with CIMA or ACCA status and manufacturing finance experience, as the advert lists both as the primary requirements.
📊 Quantify your month-end ownership: e.g. "Delivered monthly management accounts pack for a £80M turnover manufacturer, reducing close cycle from 8 to 5 days."
🏭 Explicitly name any manufacturing, FMCG, or similarly complex operational environments in your Work Experience section — the advert states this is preferred and will differentiate you at shortlist stage.
🤝 Add a 'Business Partnering' subsection or bullet in each role to show cross-functional collaboration with operations, commercial, or supply chain teams, mirroring the advert's language.
📈 Showcase ERP system names (SAP, Oracle, Sage, Dynamics) and Advanced Excel capabilities (pivot tables, Power Query, complex modelling) in a dedicated Skills section to pass ATS screening.
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- •Delivered full month-end management accounts pack — P&L, balance sheet, and variance commentary — for a £75M turnover manufacturer, consistently closing within 4 working days.
- •Built and maintained a 12-month rolling forecast model in Excel linked to ERP data, improving forecast accuracy by 18% and reducing senior leadership review time by 3 hours per cycle.
- •Partnered with operations and supply chain teams to introduce site-level margin analysis, identifying a 4% cost variance in one product line and supporting a pricing review that recovered £120k annually.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Macildowie's Management Accountant vacancy in Nottingham stands out precisely because it combines full P&L ownership with genuine business partnering across operations and supply chain — two areas where I have built consistent expertise. The emphasis on variance analysis, rolling forecasts, and influencing non-finance stakeholders aligns directly with the work I find most rewarding.
My background in management accounting within a complex operational environment has equipped me to take ownership of the month-end close, produce commentary-led reporting packs for senior leadership, and drive meaningful conversations around margin and working capital. I am CIMA/ACCA qualified, proficient in Advanced Excel and ERP systems, and comfortable presenting financial insight to colleagues who are not finance specialists.
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Wahrscheinliche Interviewfragen
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Technische
- ›Walk us through your month-end close process — how do you ensure accuracy and meet deadlines?
- ›How have you approached variance analysis when a significant budget movement required investigation and explanation to senior leadership?
- ›Describe your experience building or maintaining a rolling forecast model. What drivers did you use and how did you keep it relevant?
- ›Which ERP systems have you worked with, and how have you used them to extract data for management reporting?
- ›How do you construct a margin analysis by product or site, and what actions have your findings driven?
Verhaltensbezogene
- ›Tell me about a time you presented complex financial information to a non-finance audience and had to adapt your communication style.
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a financial risk or opportunity through your analysis that influenced a business decision.
- ›Give an example of when you had to manage competing deadlines during a busy period such as month-end and year-end running simultaneously.
- ›Tell me about a time you challenged a budget assumption or forecast put forward by an operational stakeholder. How did you handle the conversation?
- ›Describe a time you improved a reporting process or introduced a new analysis that added measurable value to the finance function.
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Tell me about a time you presented complex financial information to a non-finance audience and had to adapt your communication style.
Describe a time you challenged a budget assumption or forecast put forward by an operational stakeholder. How did you handle the conversation?