Management Accountant

We are seeking a highly skilled Management Accountant to join our Finance team at Blue Light Card. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in providing financial expertise and support to our Senior Leadership Team and Executive Board.

• Financial Reporting: Assist in producing monthly management accounts for UK, international, and Group entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Accounting and Analysis: Contribute to affiliate accounting work, focusing on revenue recognition and understanding the accounting implications.
• Financial Management: Manage month-end tasks, such as posting journals, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation, while conducting P&L reviews.
• Financial Planning: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness and accuracy, and identifying any omissions.
• Asset Management: Maintain accurate fixed asset registers and inventory records.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with the Finance Planning and Analysis team regularly to prepare for month-end, facilitating knowledge sharing across departments.
• Support: Address queries from the Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) teams, offering assistance or directing queries to the appropriate person as needed.
• Year-End Processes: Support year-end processes, including audits, reporting, Group VAT returns, and weekly cash flow forecasts.

• Qualifications: ACCA or CIMA qualification, showcasing your expertise in accounting and financial management.
• Leadership and Organisation: Natural leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to manage effectively in a manager's absence, ensuring the team remains focused and supported while being a team player who listens and is mindful of others' needs.
• Process Improvement: Proven success in process improvement, using a collaborative approach to identify and implement efficiencies that enhance business performance while ensuring the right outcomes for the business and the team.
• Mentoring and Development: Experience in mentoring and developing talent, with a focus on fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where listening and consideration of others are key.
• Communication and Influencing: Strong communication and influencing skills, engaging confidently with the Exec and SLT, with the ability to offer constructive feedback on strategy, always acting with integrity.
• Experience: Experience in management accounts, ideally within a fast-paced international group finance function, balancing the demands of multiple stakeholders while fostering teamwork.
• Time Management: Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, demonstrating resilience and exceptional time management while maintaining a focus on teamwork and shared goals.
• Attention to Detail: Keen attention to detail and strong data management skills, with intermediate Excel expertise to handle large data sets with accuracy, ensuring the best outcomes for the team and business.

At Blue Light Card, our members, partners, and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in attracting the best talent, regardless of location, and offer a hybrid working arrangement that allows for flexibility and collaboration. We value in-person collaboration and encourage time in our offices, while also promoting hybrid working and flexible hours.

• Hybrid Working: Flexible hours and hybrid working arrangement.
• Benefits: 35 hour working week, free parking and EV charging onsite, 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell, and an additional day off for your birthday.
• Wellbeing: Onsite gym, free HIIT & stretch classes, and a healthcare cashback plan.
• Learning and Development: Opportunities for learning and development, including a company-funded private medical insurance and an employee assistance programme.