Senior Management Accountant

Downey Osborne; Remote; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A modern accountancy firm seeks a Senior Management Accountant to join their fully remote team. You will be responsible for preparing and reviewing monthly management accounts, delivering financial insights, and ensuring robust financial controls. The ideal candidate must be ACA or ACCA qualified, have experience in finance operations, and demonstrate strong supervisory skills. This is an opportunity to build a long-term career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Benefits

Discretionary Bonus

Competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Solid background in producing and reviewing management accounts.
• Experience supervising finance processes and supporting junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Own the preparation and review of monthly management accounts.
• Deliver meaningful variance analysis to aid management decision-making.
• Provide ongoing financial support and insight to the Managing Director.

Skills

ACA or ACCA qualified

Solid background in management accounts

Knowledge of bookkeeping, payroll, VAT

Experience supervising finance processes

Ability to translate financial data

Self-motivated and organized

Job description

Downey Osborne is delighted to be partnering with a well-established and growing accountancy firm to recruit a Senior Management Accountant into their Outsourcing department. This is a fully remote opportunity offering the best of both worlds. You will operate in a hands-on, commercial, industry-style role while enjoying the stability, variety, and progression that comes with working in practice.

Fully remote working

Discretionary Bonus

Competitive salary and benefits

Opportunity to build a long-term career within a modern accountancy firm

About You

ACA or ACCA qualified,

Solid background in producing and reviewing management accounts

Sound knowledge of core finance operations including bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, and balance sheet management

Experience supervising finance processes and supporting junior team members

Commercially focused with the ability to translate financial data into clear insight

Self-motivated, well organised, and effective in a fully remote environment

About Your Role

Always

Own the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, covering P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow

Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insight to aid management decision-making

Ensure financial controls, policies, and records are robust and consistently applied

Provide ongoing financial support and insight to the Managing Director

Operate as a senior finance presence across the wider business

Often

Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and forward-looking financial models

Oversee daily finance activity including bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, and balance sheet reconciliations

Identify opportunities to enhance finance systems, reporting, and workflows alongside the wider team

Act as a key contact for external accountants, auditors, tax advisors, banks, and other stakeholders

Contribute to business planning, prioritisation, and operational improvement

Occasionally

Assist with year-end accounting and related processes

Support the rollout of new systems, procedures, or business initiatives

Input into resourcing decisions, process refinement, and operational projects

Never

Forget the commercial context behind the figures

Start a turf war with the office cactus

Interested?

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