Management Accountant

Job title: Management Accountant

Department: Finance

Location: Halifax/Peterborough

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Competitive

We’re looking for a Management Accountant to be part of our success story

.**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain’s fastest-growing private companies

.**Great career development opportunities – grow with us

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About the ro

leOverall responsibility for the production of timely and accurate management accounts and providing key finance business partnering support to budget holders around the business. Driving performance against set targets and providing strong leadership and direction to the tea

m.
Key responsibilit

• iesProvide timely and accurate monthly management accounts for the entities within Activate Group, including P&L analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, recommendations and commentaries. Presenting the results to the relevant business managers, FD, CFO and C
• EO.Manage cash flow and resource effectively at all tim
• es.Working with budget holders to provide robust budgets and forecasts for Activate Gro
• up.Drive the continuous improvement of processes to improve efficiency and the control environment of Activate Gro
• up.Responsible for the year-end closing activities including audit and liaising with external audi
• torProviding support to the FD, CFO and CEO where requir
• ed.Adhere to all relevant regulatory rules and guidance applicable to the ro
• le.Work with the business managers and hold monthly budget review meetin

gs.
Skills and experi

• enceCIMA/ACA/ACCA qualif
• ied.Excellent attention to det
• ail.A methodical approach to query resolut
• ion.High standard of accur
• acy.Ability to work under press
• ure.Good working knowledge of Sage
• 200.Intermediate MS Excel ski
• lls.Ability to prioritise workl
• oad.Willingness to learn and desire to improve current proces

ses.
Ben

• efits33 days holiday (including bank holi
• days)Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical chec
• k upsEnhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parenta
• l payLife assurance: three times basic s
• alaryFree breakfasts and
• fruitBirthday surprise for every

body!
What you can expect f

rom usAt Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority. Whether you're at our smart Halifax or Peterborough offices, one of our AAR sites or working from home, we'll make sure you have all the support you need to su

cceed.From benefits that put your health and wellbeing first, to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, and little perks like free fruit and cereal, we’ll go out of our way to show how much we appreciat

e you.
A bit a

bout usNamed by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nati

onwide.We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road incident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterb

orough.We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair pa

rtners.Want to know what it’s like to work with us? Take a look at our purpose and values. They define who we are, and how we work with team members, customers and sup

pliers:
Purpose: Make someone's bad da

y bette

• r
  Values:Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a g
• reat job.Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm – make small improvemen
• ts often.Win together – Be a team-player. Win together, learn together, respect ea