Management Accountant (Temp to Perm)

This role combines hands-on technical delivery with leadership, control enhancement, and stakeholder engagement. The postholder will ensure the smooth, accurate, and timely production of monthly management accounts, strengthen balance sheet integrity, and act as a trusted finance partner across the organisation.

The role is well-suited to a senior accountant comfortable operating in service-led, contract-heavy environments with imperfect or evolving finance systems, and who enjoys improving processes while still rolling up their sleeves.

This is a high-impact opportunity to step into a senior, visible finance role within a mission-driven organisation tackling complex social challenges. The role offers immediate ownership, influence, and leadership responsibility, with strong potential to convert into a permanent senior position.

Management Accounts & Month-End Close

Own the end-to-end monthly management accounts process (MAS), including:

• Accruals, deferred income, prepayments, payroll, fixed assets, and loan interest
• Review of all nominal transactions (VAT coding, cost centres, project allocations)

Prepare and circulate final post-close trial balance.

Deliver clear, insightful P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and variance analysis.

Support the Financial Controller and Director of Finance with management commentary and board-ready insights.

Partner with budget holders on forecasting, reforecasting, and financial planning.

Balance Sheet, VAT & Reconciliations

Lead and review all balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring audit-ready standards.

Own VAT reporting, including:

• Quarterly VAT returns
• Partial exemption calculations
• Departmental irrecoverable VAT analysis
• Annual VAT adjustments

Oversee bank, credit card, loan, and control account reconciliations.

Produce high-quality year-end working papers and audit packs from Access/​Dimensions data extracts.

Contracts, Projects & Revenue Recognition

Review and interpret complex service, consulting, and social investment contracts.

Ensure accurate revenue recognition and cost allocation aligned to contractual terms and accounting standards.

Work closely with project teams to validate income recognition and project coding.

Provide clear finance guidance to non-finance stakeholders on contract and project performance.

Systems, Controls & Process Improvement

Act as a senior user of Access Dimensions:

• Support users
• Manage workflows and approvals
• Resolve data and reporting issues

Design, improve, and embed strong financial controls across management accounting processes.

Identify and drive automation and efficiency improvements (particularly Excel- and system-based).

Partner with the Financial Controller to ensure consistency between management and statutory reporting.

Leadership & Team Development

Line manage the Finance Transaction Lead and provide day-to-day leadership and oversight.

Support, train, and mentor the Finance Assistant in reconciliations, reporting, and month-end best practice.

Build resilience and capability within the management accounts function.

Provide cover and hands-on support for transactional finance when required.

Wider Finance & Regulatory Support

Joint responsibility for preparation of finance reporting returns for review and submission, including:

• VAT
• FCA
• Crown Commercial
• ONS and other regulatory bodies

Support finance inbox triage, supplier setup, credit control, and PO processes as needed.

Essential experience

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant management accounting experience with strong balance sheet control.
• Proven leadership and line management capability.
• Strong experience in service-based, consulting, or contract-led organisations.
• Deep understanding of project accounting and revenue recognition.
• Track record of strengthening financial controls in complex environments.
• Comfortable working with evolving or imperfect accounting systems.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivots, lookups, cross-sheet logic).
• Strong communicator able to translate financial data for non-finance audiences.
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and deadline-driven.

Desirable

• Experience in the non-profit, social impact, or investment sector.
• Experience scaling or rebuilding a management accounts function.
• Familiarity with grant funding, restricted income, or impact investment structures.
• Experience with Access Financials / Access Dimensions.

The fixed salary for this position is £60,000 per annum. Working for a mission driven organisation is more than just what we pay though, it’s about our culture, our approach and what else we offer. Read more about working at Social Finance here.

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You will be asked to respond to situational based questions which will allow you to express your ability. Your answer to each question will be viewed in isolation. Please therefore ensure there is enough detail in that single response, without any references to your other responses.

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