Management Accountant

Reading Permanent £50,000 - £55,000 per year View Job Description
The Management Accountant will play a pivotal role in supporting the Accounting & Finance department by delivering accurate financial reports, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. This position in the Technology & Telecoms industry is based in Reading and offers a rewarding opportunity for a professional seeking to contribute to financial excellence.
  • Shape a finance function during a high‑growth, post‑investment phase
  • Broad, career‑accelerating exposure across a global, tech‑focused organisation

About Our Client

About the CompanyMy client is a fast‑growing international technology and services group specialising in digital transformation, intelligent information management and data‑driven innovation. With operations across multiple regions and a diverse global customer base-including public sector bodies, research institutions and leading commercial enterprises-the business is scaling rapidly following recent investment from a major growth fund.

A newly appointed CFO is leading a programme to modernise and strengthen the finance function, creating an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified Management Accountant to join at a pivotal moment and contribute to evolving reporting processes, improving insight and supporting the company's next phase of expansion.

Job Description

What You'll Be Doing Initially

  • Produce monthly management accounts for the group and overseas entities, including all month‑end journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
  • Support the Finance Manager with commentary on financial performance and variance analysis
  • Review internal finance processes with the Finance Manager and CFO, recommending technology‑enabled improvements
  • Assist with preparation of monthly board packs and investor reporting
  • Prepare quarterly VAT returns
  • Oversee sales ledger processing and produce monthly credit management reporting, including debt‑chasing where required
  • Manage loan accounting calculations and banking transactions
  • Support the Finance Manager through the annual group audit
  • Maintain accurate bookkeeping to trial balance within Xero, ensuring data is complete and aligned to the month‑end timetable
  • Supervise the Accounts Assistant
  • Support the Finance Manager and HR team with the monthly payroll cycle, including year‑end activities (P60s, P11Ds, etc.)



How Your Role Will Grow Over Time

  • Prepare and deliver tailored monthly financial reporting for the C‑suite and departmental leaders
  • Provide analysis and insight to support decision‑making across the senior leadership team
  • Contribute to strengthening financial controls and reporting processes across overseas subsidiaries
  • Work with the CFO to enhance group forecasting models, including long‑term planning, annual budgeting and rolling forecasts
  • Develop specialist skills as the finance team's Power BI lead
  • Collaborate with the PMO to analyse project performance and margins using new project‑tracking tools
  • Partner with commercial and marketing leaders to evaluate marketing ROI, sales pipeline performance and their impact on forecasts
  • Work with technical leadership to understand engineering resource allocation and help build business cases for R&D investment

The Successful Applicant

Skills & Experience We'd Love to See

  • Degree educated with strong academics, ideally in a numerate discipline
  • Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
  • Advanced Excel skills essential; familiarity with Xero advantageous
  • Experience within a private‑equity‑backed or scaling technology business is highly beneficial
  • Proactive, improvement‑focused mindset with a track record of driving efficiencies
  • Comfortable using technology to streamline or automate processes
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines

What's on Offer

Benefits

  • 25 days' holiday plus public holidays
  • Stakeholder pension with employer contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life insurance
  • Supportive leadership committed to professional development
  • Discretionary bonus linked to company performance



If you are an ambitious Management Accountant ready to advance your career in the Technology & Telecoms industry, we encourage you to apply today!

Contact
Tom Plummer
Quote job ref
JN-032026-6980360
Phone number
+441189337021

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Management Accountant
Sector
Technology & Telecoms
Location
Reading
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Tom Plummer
Consultant phone
+441189337021
Job reference
JN-032026-6980360