Management Accountant
Location: Gloucester Head Office with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, full time. 8:30am to 5:00pm
Salary: £40,000 per annum plus benefits
Mears Group are seeking a proactive and commercially focused Management Accountant to support our Central Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part-qualified finance professional looking to develop their career within a dynamic and supportive environment.
In this role, you will be responsible for producing timely and accurate management accounts, supporting forecasting and budgeting processes, and providing valuable financial insight to stakeholders across the business. You will play a key part in ensuring financial accuracy, improving efficiency, and supporting profitability across multiple branches.
Mears Group is a leading provider of housing and care services in the UK, committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality services while supporting our employees with development opportunities and a strong focus on wellbeing and inclusion.
About the Role:
You will work as part of the finance team to support the smooth running of the accounts function and deliver high quality financial reporting and analysis.
Produce monthly management accounts accurately and within deadlines
Support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes
Maintain and reconcile balance sheet control accounts
Analyse financial performance and investigate variances
Provide clear financial insight to finance and non-finance stakeholders
Analyse large volumes of data using Excel
Support business units to maximise efficiency and profitability
Challenge and interrogate financial data and systems to ensure accuracy
Key Criteria:
CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified or final stage part qualified
Strong IT skills with advanced Excel capability
Proven ability to analyse and interpret high volumes of data
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Strong communication skills with the ability to engage non-finance colleagues
Ability to build effective working relationships across teams
Proactive, inquisitive and personable approach
Benefits
Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
Generous Pension Scheme
Sick Pay
Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
Share saver scheme
Eye test vouchers
Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
Excellent training and development opportunities
25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Joe Monger ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
