Management Accountant

SF Recruitment are working with a well-established business in Rugby to recruit an experienced Management Accountant.  This is a key role within a complex, project-led environment, responsible for financial governance, reporting integrity, operational finance, and commercial support.

The role will work closely with senior operational stakeholders, project teams, and central finance to ensure strong financial controls, accurate reporting, effective forecasting, and robust decision-making across the Rugby operation.

The Role

As Management Accountant you will be responsible for:

Owning financial governance, controls, approval processes, and compliance
Reviewing project performance, reporting, reconciliations, and month-end outputs
Supporting operational and project teams with financial insight and commercial analysis
Leading budgeting, rolling forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling
Supporting tendering, bids, pricing, cost estimates, and commercial risk reviews
Managing cashflow forecasting, payment approvals, AP/AR performance, and expenses
Maintaining financial systems, master data, supplier reconciliations, and reporting processes
Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems, controls, and reporting
Managing and supporting a Finance Administrator

The Candidate

CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification, or equivalent experience
Strong management accounts, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting experience
Good understanding of financial controls, governance, compliance, and audit processes
Experience supervising or managing a team
Advanced Excel skills and strong financial systems knowledge
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
The confidence to challenge, influence, and support operational decision-making

Experience within a project-led, engineering, construction, manufacturing, infrastructure, multi-site, or operational environment would be highly advantageous